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LIFE AND MORALS
OF
JESUS OF NAZARETH
Extracted Textually from the Gospels,
together with a comparison of
his doctrines with those
of others.
BY
THOMAS JEFFERSON.
Jefferson’s mission was leadership. Without an effort on his part
expressions from his lips, that from other men’s would scarcely have
attracted notice, became thenceforth axioms, creeds, and gathering-
cries to great masses of his countrymen.—Henry S. Randall
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PREFACE.
In 1808, while “overwhelmed with other business,” Mr. Jef-
ferson cut from the evangelists such passages as he believed
would best present the ethical teaching of Jesus, and “arranged
them, on the pages of a blank book, in a certain order of time
or subject.” He called it “The Philosophy of Jesus of Naz-
areth, extracted from the account of his life and doctrines, as
given by Matthew, Mark, Luke and John; being an abridg-
ment of the New Testament for the use of the Indians, unem-
barrassed with matters of fact or faith beyond the level of
their comprehension.” In a letter to his friend, Mr. Charles
Thompson, after describing this work, he said: “If I had
time I would add to my little book the Greek, Latin and French
texts in columns, side by side.” Some time afterwards he
carried out the design thus expressed, giving the texts in the
four languages, “in a,handsome morocco-bound volume, labeled
on the back ‘Morals of Jesus.’” This is the volume called
“The Jefferson Bible,’ which is now owned by the Govern-
ment, and the publication of which has been recently ordered
by Congress. While this volume was still in the possession
of Mr. Jefferson’s oldest grandson, Colonel Thomas Jefferson
~ Randolph, an accurate copy of its table of contents was made,
~ and from that copy the English text is reproduced in the fol-
y lowing pages. As a fit introduction to it, a letter to Dr. Ben-
AN jamin Rush, and a comparison of the doctrines of Jesus with
4 those of others, are published, giving, perhaps, the fullest ex-
C 39 pression of his religious views ever made by Mr. Jefferson
‘himself.
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Of the texts from the Evangelists employed in this narrative, and of the order of
their arrangement.
Luke ii. 1-7: Joseph and Mary go to Bethlehem, where Jesus is born.
21, 39: He is circumcised and named, and they return to Naza-
reth.
40, 42-48, 51, 52: At 12 years of age he accompanies his parents
to Jerusalem and returns.
L., iii. 1, 2; Mk. i. 4; Mt. iii, 4, 5, 6; John baptizes in Jordan.
Mt. iii. 13: Jesus is baptized. L. iii. 28: At 30 years of age.
J. ii. 12-16: Drives the traders out of the temple.
J iii, 22; Mt. iv. 12; Mk. vi. 17-28: He baptizes, but retires into Galilee
on the death of John.
Mk. i. 21, 22: He teaches in the Synagogue.
Mt. xii. 1-5, 9-12; Mk. ii. 27; Mt. xii. 14, 15: Explains the Sabbath
L. vi. 12-17: Call of his disciples.
Mt. y. 1-12; L. vi. 24, 25, 26; Mt. v. 13-47; L. vi. 34, 35, 36; Mt. vi. 1-34;
vii. 1, 2; L. vi. 38; Mt. vii. 3-20; xii. 35, 36, 37; vii. 24-29; The
sermon on the mount.
Mt. viii. 1; Mk. vi. 6; Mt. xi. 28, 29, 30: Hxhorts.
L. vii. 36-46: A woman anointeth him.
Mk, iii, 31-35; L. xii. 1-7, 13-15: Precepts.
L. xii, 16-21: Parable of the rich man.
22-48, 54-59; L. xiii. 1-5: Precepts.
L. xiii. 6-9: Parable of the fig tree.
L. xi. 37-46, 52, 58, 54: Precepts.
Mt. xiii. 1-9; Mk. iv. 10; Mt. xiii. 18-23: Parable of the sower.
Mk, iv, 21, 22, 28: Precepts. Mt. xiii. 24-80, 36-52: Parable of the tares.
Mk. iv. 26-34; L. ix. 57-62; L. v. 27-29; Mk. ii. 15-17: Precepts.
L. vy. 36-39: Parable of new wine in old bottles.
Mt. xiii. 53-57: A prophet hath no honor in his own country.
Mt. ix. 36; Mk. vi. 7; Mt. x. 5, 6, 9-18, 28, 26-31; Mk. vi. 12, 30: Mission
instructions, return of apostles.
J. vii. 1; Mk. vii 1-5, 14-24; Mt. xviii. 1-4, 7-9, 12-17, 21-35: Precepts.
Mt. xviii. 23-35: Parable of the wicked servant.
. x. 1-8, 10-12: Mission of the seventy.
. Vii. 2-16, 19-26, 32, 48-58: The feast of the tabernacles.
. viii. 1-11: The woman taken in adultery.
. ix. 1, 2, 8: To be born blind no proof of sin.
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J. x. 15, 11-14, 16: The good shepherd.
L. x. 25-37: Love God and thy neighbor; parable of the Samaritan.
L. xi. 1-18: Form of prayer.
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. xiv. 1-6: The Sabbath.
7-24: The bidden to a feast.
28-32: Precepts.
L. xv. 1-82: Parables of the lost sheep and prodigal son.
L. xvi. 1-15: Parable of the unjust steward.
18-31: Parable of Lazarus.
L.xvii.1-4, 7-10, 20, 26-36: Precepts to be always ready.
L. xviii. 1-14: Parables of the widow and judge, the pharisee and pub-
lican. j
L. x. 38-42; Mt. xix. 1-26: Precepts.
Mt. xx. 1-16: Parable of the laborers in the vineyard.
L. xix. 1-28: Zaccheus, and the parable of the talents.
Mt. xxi. 1-8, 6-8, 10; J. xii. 19-24; Mt. xxi. 17: Goes to Jerusalem and
Bethany.
Mk. xi. 12, 15-19: The traders cast out from the temple.
Mk, xi. 27; Mt. xxi. 27-81: Parable of the two sons.
Mt. xxi, 83; Mk. xii. 1-9; Mt. xxi. 45, 46: Parable of the vineyard and
husbandman.
Mt. xxii. 1-14: Parable of the king and wedding.
15-33: Tribute, marriage, resurrection,
Mk, xii. 28-31; Mt. xxii. 40; Mk. xii. 32, 33: The two commandments.
Mt. xiii. 1-83: Precepts, pride, hypocrisy, swearing.
Mk, xii. 41-44: The widow’s mite.
Mb, xxiv. 1, 2, 16-21, 32, 38, 36-39, 40-44: Jerusalem and the day of judg-
ment.
45-51: The faithful and wise servant.
Mt. xxy. 1-13: Parable of the ten virgins.
14-30: Parable of the talents.
L. xxi. 34-36; Mt. xxy. 81-46: The day of judgment.
Mk. xiv. 1-8: A woman anointeth him.
Mt. xxvi. 14-16: Judas undertakes to point out Jesus.
17-20p L. xxii. 24-27; J. xiii. 2, 4-17, 21-26. wal, 34, sos Mit. oxy.
31, 38; L. xxii. 33, 34; Mt. xxvi. 35-45; Precepts to his disciples,
washes their feet, trouble of mind and prayer.
J. xviii. 1-3; Mt. xxvi. 48-50: Judas conducts the officers to Jesus.
J. xviii, 48; Mt. xxvi. 50-52; 55, 56; Mk. xiv. 51, 52; Mt. xxvi. 57; J.
_ xviii. 15, 16, 17, 18; J. xviii. 25, 26, 27; Mt. xxvi. 75; J. xviii. 19-23;
Mk. xiv. 55-61; L. xxii. 67, 68, 70; Mk. xiv. 63-65: He is arrested
and carried before Caiaphas, the high- -priest, and is condemned.
J. xviii. 28-81, 33-88; L. xxiii. 5; Mt. xxvii. 13: Is then carried to Pilate.
L. xxiii, 6-12: Who sends him to Herod.
L. xxiii. 13-16; Mt. xxvii. 15-23, 26: Receives him back, scourges and de-
livers him to execution.
Mt. xxvii. 27, 29-31, 3-8; L. xxiii, 26-82; J. xix. 17-24; Mt. xxvii. 39-48;
L. xxili, 39-41, 34; J. xix. 25-27; Mt. xxvii. 46-50, 55, 56: His cruci-
fixion, death and burial.
J. xix, 31-34, 38-42; Mt. xxvii. 60: His burial.
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Say nothing of my religion. It is known to my God and
myself alone. Its evidence before the world is to be sought
in my life; if that has been honest and dutiful to society, the
religion which has regulated it cannot be a bad one.
—Thomas Jefferson.
RELIGIOUS VIEWS
OF
THOMAS JEFFERSON.
In a letter to his daughter, written in 1803, Mr. Jefferson
said: “A promise made to a friend some years ago, but exe-
cuted only lately, has placed my religious creed on paper. I
have thought it just that my family, by possessing this, should
be enabled to estimate the ,libels published against me on
this, as on every other possible subject.” The “religious
creed” to which he referred was a comparison of the doctrines
of Jesus with those of others, prepared in fulfillment of a
promise made to Dr. Benjamin Rush. This paper, with the
letter to Dr. Rush which accompanied it, is a fit introduction
to the “Jefferson Bible.”
Washington, April 21, 1803.
Dear Sir: In some of the delightful conversations with you,
in the evenings of 1798-99, and which served as an anodyne
to the afflictions of the crisis through which our country was
12 JEFFERSON’S ESTIMATE OF THE
then laboring, the Christian religion was sometimes our topic:
and I then promised you that one day or other, I would give
you my views of it. They are the result of a life of inquiry
and reflection, and very different from that Anti-Christian
system imputed to me by those who know nothing of my opin-
ions. To the corruptions of christianity I am indeed opposed;
but not to the centage of Jesus himself. I am a
Christian in the only sense in which he wished any one to
/be; sincerely attached to his doctrines, in preference to all
others; ascribing to himself every human excellence, and be-
lieving he never claimed any other.
At the short intervals since these conversations, when I
could justifiably abstract my mind from public affairs, this
subject has been under my contemplation; but the more I con-
sidered it, the more it expanded beyond the measure of either
my time or information. In the moment of my late departure
from Monticello, I received from Dr. Priestly his little treatise
of “Socrates and Jesus Compared.” This being a section of
the general view I had taken of the field, it became a subject
of refiection while on the road, and unoccupied otherwise. The
result was to arrange in my mind a syllabus, or outline, of
such an estimate of the comparative merits of Christianity, as
I wished to see executed by some one of more leisure and in-
formation for the task than myself. This I now send you, as
the only discharge of my promise I can probably ever execute.
And in confiding it to you, I know it will not be exposed to the
DOCTRINES OF JESUS. i133
malignant perversions of those who make every word from me
a text for new misrepresentations and calumnies.
I am moreover averse to the communication of my religions
tenets to the public; because it would countenance the pre-
sumption of those who have endeavored to draw them before
that tribunal, and to seduce public opinion to erect itself into
that inquisition over the rights of conscience which the laws
have so justly proscribed. It behooves every man who-values
liberty of conscience for himself to resist invasions of it in the
case of others, or their case may, by change of circumstances,
become his own. It behooves him, too, in his own case, to
give no example of concession, betraying the right of inde-
pendent opinion by answering questions of faith, which the
laws have left between God and himself.
Accept my affectionate salutations.
SYLLABUS OF AN ESTIMATE OF THE DOCTRINES OF
JESUS, COMPARED WITH THOSE OF OTHERS.
In a comparative view of the ethics of the enlightened na-
tions of antiquity, of the Jews, and of Jesus, no notice should
be taken of the corruptions of reason among the ancients, to
wit, the idolatry and superstition of the vulgar, nor of the
corruptions of Christianity by the learned among its professors.
Let a just view be taken of the moral principles inculcated by
the most esteemed of the sects of ancient philosophy, or of
14 JEFIERSON’S ESTIMATE OF THE
their individuals; particularly Pythagoras, Socrates, Hpicurus,
Cicero, Epictetus, Seneca, Antoninus.
I. PHILOSOPHERS.
1. Their precepts related chiefly to ourselves, and the goy-
ernment of those passions which, unrestrained, would disturb
our tranquility of mind. In this branch of philosophy they
were really great.
2. In developing our duties to others, they were short aud
defective. They embraced indeed the circles of kindred and
friends, and inculeated patriotism, or the love of country in
the aggregate, as a primary obligation: towards our neigh-
bors and countrymen they taught justice, but scarcely viewed
them as within the circle of benevolence. Still less have they
inculeated peace, charity, and love to our fellow-men, or em-
braced with benevolence the whole family of mankind.
Il. JEWS.
1. Their system was Deism, that is, the belief in one only
God; but their ideas of him and of his attributes were degrad-
ing and injurious.
2. Their ethics were not only imperfect, but often irrecon-
cilable with the sound dictates of reason and morality, as they
respect intercourse with those around us; and repulsive and
anti-social as respecting other nations. They needed reforma-
tion, therefore, in an eminent degree.
DOCTRINES OF JESUS. 15
Ill. JESUS.
In this state of things among the Jews, Jesus appeared. His
parentage was obscure; his condition poor; his education null;
his natural endowments great; his life correct and innocent.
He was meek, benevolent, patient, firm, disinterested, and of
the sublimest eloquence. The disadvantages under, which his
doctrines appear are remarkable. :
1. Like Socrates and Hpictetus, he wrote nothing himself.
2. But he had not, like them, a Xenophon or an Arrian to
write for him. I name not Plato, who only used the name of
a
Socrates to cover the whimsies of his own brain.
On the contrary, all the learned of his country, entrenched
in its power and riches, were opposed to him, lest his labors
should undermine their advantages; and the committing to
writing of his life and doctrines fell on unlettered and ignor-
ant men; who wrote, too, from memory, and not till long after
the transactions had passed.
3. According to the ordinary fate of those who attempt to
enlighten and reform mankind, he fell an early victim to the
jealousy and combination of the altar and the throne, at about
33 years of age, his reason having not yet attained the maxi-_
mum of its energy, nor the course of his preaching, alen was =
but of three years at most, presented occasions for developing s
a complete system of morals.
4. Hence the doctrines which he really delivered were de-
fective, as a whole, and fragments only of what he did de-
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liver have come to us mutilated, misstated, and often unin-
intelligible.
5. They have been still more disfigured by the corruptions
of schismatizing followers, who have found an interest in so-
phisticating and perverting the simple doctrines he taught, by
engrafting on them the mysticisms of a Grecian Sophist
(Plato), frittering them into subtilties and obscuring them
with jargon, until they have caused good men to reject the
. whole in disgust, and to view Jesus himself as an impostor.
—
Notwithstanding these disadvantages, a system of morals is
presented to us which, if filled up in the true style and spirit
of the rich fragments he left us, would be the most perfect
and sublime that has ever been taught by man. The ques-
tion of his being a member of the Godhead, or in direct com-
munication with it, claimed for him by some of his followers,
and denied by others, is foreign to the present view, which
is merely an estimate of the intrinsic merits of his doctrines.
ds) He corrected the Deism of the Jews, confirming them in
their belief of one only god, and giving them juster notions of
his attributes and government.
2.) His moral doctrines, relating to kindred and friends, were
more pure and perfect than those of the most correct of the
philosophers, and greatly more so than thoseof the Jews; and
they went far beyond both in inculcating universal philanthro-
phy, not only to kindred and friends, to neighbors and country-
DOCTRINES OF JESUS. 17
men, but to all mankind, gathering all into one family, under
the bonds of love, charity, peace, common wants and common
aids. A development of this head will evince the peculiar
superiority of the system of Jesus over all others.
3.) The precepts of philosophy and of the Hebrew code
laid hold of action only. He pushed his scrutinies into the
heart of man; erected his tribunal in the region of his thought,
and purified the waters at the fountain head.
4.) He taught emphatically the doctrine of a future state,
which was either doubted or disbelieved by the Jews; and
wielded it with efficacy as an important incentive, supplement-
ary to the other motives to moral conduct.
to
I, too, have made a wee-little book from the same
materials (The Gospels) which I call the Philosophy of
Jesus. It is a paradigma of his doctrines, made by cutting
the texts out of the book and arranging them on the pages
of a blank book, in a certain order of time or subject. A more
beautiful or precious morsel of ethics I have never seen. It
is a document in proof that I am a REAL CHRISTIAN, that
is to say, a disciple of the doctrines of Jesus, very different
from the Platonists, who call MH infidel and THEMSELVES
Christians and preachers of the Gospel, while they draw all
their characteristic dogmas from what its author never said
nor saw. They have compounded from the heathen mys-
teries a system beyond the comprehension of man, of which
the great reformer of the .vicious ethics and deism of the
Jews, were he to return on earth, would not recognize one
feature.—Jefferson to Mr. Charles Thompson.
THE LIFE AND MORALS
OF
JESUS OF NAZARETH.
If
Joseph and Mary go to Bethlehem, Where Jesus is Born.
ND it came to pass in those days, that there
went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that
all the world should be taxed.
2 (And this taxing was first made when Cyre-
nius was governor of Syria.)
3 And,all went to be taxed, every one into his
own city.
4 And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of
the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of.
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David, which is called Bethlehem, (because he was
of the house and lineage of David,)
5 To be taxed with Mary his espoused: wife,
being great with child.
6 And so it was, that, while they were there,
the days were accomplished that she should be de-
livered.
7 And she brought forth her firstborn son, and
wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him
in a manger; because there was no room for them
in the inn.
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He is Circumcised and Named and they Return to Nazareth.
ND when eight days were accomplished for the
circumcising of the child, his name was called
JESUS.
2 And when they had performed all things ac-
cording to the law of the Lord, they returned into
Galilee, to their own city Nazareth.
OF JESUS OF NAZARETH. 21
ITI.
At Twelve Years of Age He Accompanies his Parents to Jeru-
salem and Returns.
Aa the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit,
filled with wisdom: and the grace of God
was upon him.
2 And when he was twelve years old, they
went up to Jerusalem after the custom of the
feast.
38 And when they had fulfilled the days, as
they returned, the child Jesus tarried behind in
Jerusalem; and Joseph and his mother knew not
of it. |
4 But they, supposing him to have been in the
company, went a day’s journey; and they sought
him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance.
5 And when they found him not, they turned
back again to Jerusalem, seeking him.
6 And it came to pass, that after three days
they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst
of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them
questions,
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7 And all that heard him were astonished at
his understanding and answers.
8 And when they saw him, they were amazed:
and his mother said unto him, Son, why hast thou
thus dealt with us? behold, thy father and I have
sought thee sorrowing.
9 And he went down with them, and came to
Nazareth, and was subject unto them: but his
mother kept all these sayings in her heart.
10 And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature,
and in favour with God and man.
IV.
John Baptizes in Jordan.
OW in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tibe-
rius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of
Judaea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and
his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and of the
region of Trachonitis, and Lyganias the tetrarch
of Abilene,
OF JESUS OF NAZARETH. 23
2 Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests,
the word of God came unto John the son of Zach-
arias in the wilderness.
3 John did baptize in the wilderness, and
preach the baptism of repentance for the remission
of sins.
4 And the same John had his raiment of
camel’s hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins;
and his meat was locusts and wild honey.
5 Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all
Judaea, and all the region round about Jordan;
6 And were baptized of him in Jordan, con-
fessing their sins. ,
V.
Jesus is Baptized at 30 Years of Age.
HEN cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan
unto John, to be baptized of him.
2 And Jesus himself began to be about thirty
years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of
Joseph, which was the son of Heli,
24. THE LIFE AND MORALS
VI.
Drives the Traders Out of the Temple.
FTER this he went down to Capernaum, he, and
his mother, and his brethren, and his disci-
ples: and they continued there not many days.
2 {| And the Jews’ passover was at hand, and
Jesus went up to Jerusalem;
3 And found in the temple those hat sold oxen
and sheep and doves, and the changers of money
sitting:
4 And when he had made a scourge of small
cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the
sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers’
money, and overthrew the tables;
5 And said unto them that sold doves, Take
these things hence; make not my Father’s house an
house of merchandise.
OF JESUS OF NAZARETH. 25
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He Baptizes, but Retires into Galilee on the Death of John.
EFTER these things came Jesus and his disciples
into the land of Judaea; and there he tarried
with them, and baptized.
2 ¥ Now when Jesus had heard that John was
cast into prison, he departed into Galilee;
3 For Herod himself had sent forth and laid
hold upon John, and bound him in prison for He-
rodias’ sake, his brother Philip’s wife: for he had
married her.
4 For John had said unto Herod, It is not law-
ful for thee to have thy brother’s wife.
5 Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against
him, and would have killed him; but she could not:
6 For Herod feared John, knowing that he was
a just man and an holy, and observed him; and
when he heard him, he did many things, and heard
him gladly.
7 And when a convenient day was come, that
Herod on his birthday made a supper to his lords,
high captains, and chief estates of Galilee;
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8 And when the daughter of the said Heredias
came in, and danced, and pleased Herod and them
that sat with him, the king said unto the dam-
sel, Ask of me whatsoever thou wilt, and I will
give it thee.
9 And he sware unto her, Whatsoever thou
shalt ask of me, I will give it thee, unto the half of
my kingdom.
10 And she went forth, and said unto her
mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The
head of John the Baptist.
11 And she came in straightway with haste
unto the king, and asked, saying, I wiil that thou
give me by and by in a charger the head of John
the Baptist.
12 And the king was exceeding sorry; yet for
his oath’s sake, and for their sakes which sat with
him, he would not reject her.
13 And immediately the king sent an execu-
tioner, and commanded his head to be brought:
and he went and beheaded him in the prison,
14 And brought his head in a charger, and gave
it to the damsel: and the damsel gave it to her
mother,
OF JESUS OF NAZARETH. 27
VII.
He Teaches in the Synagogue.
ND they went into Capernaum; and straight-
way on the sabbath day he entered into the
synagogue, and taught.
2 And they were astonished at his doctrine:
for he taught them as one that had authority, and
not as the scribes.
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Explains the Sabbath.
T that time Jesus went on the sabbath day
through the corn; and his disciples were an
hungred, and began to pluck the ears of corn, and
to eat.
2 But when the Pharisees saw it, they said
unto him, Behold, thy disciples do that which is
not lawful to do upon the sabbath day.
3 But he said unto them, Have ye not read
what David did, when he was an hungred, and
they that were with him;
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4 How he entered into the house of God, and
did eat the shew-bread, which was not lawful for
him to eat, neither for them which were with him,
but only for the priests?
5 Or have ye not read in the law, how that on
the sabbath days the priests in the temple profane
the sabbath, and are blameless?
6 { And when he was departed thence, he
went into their synagogue:
7 And, behold, there was a man which had his
hand withered. And they asked him, saying, Is
it lawful to heal on the sabbath days? that they
might accuse him.
8 And he said unto them, What man shall
there be among you, that shall have one sheep,
and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will
he not lay hold on it, and lift i¢ out?
9 How much then is a man better than a
sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the
sabbath days.
10 And he said unto them, The sabbath was
made for man, and not man for the sabbath.
11 {j Then the Pharisees went out, and held a
council against him, how they might destroy him.
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12 But when Jesus knew it, he withdrew him-
self from thence: and great multitudes followed
him, and he healed them all.
dS
Call of His Disciples.
4 ND it came to pass in those days, that he went
out into a mountain to pray, and continued
all night in prayer to God.
2 And when it was day, he called unto him his
disciples: and of them he chose twelve, whom also
he named apostles;
3 Simon, (whom he also named Peter,) and
Andrew his brother, James and John, Philip and
Bartholomew,
4 Matthew and Thomas, James the son of
Alphaeus, and Simon called Zelotes,
5 And Judas the brother of James, and Judas
Iscariot, which also was the traitor.
6 And he came down with them, and stood in
the plain, and the company of his disciples, and a
great multitude of people out of all Judaea and
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A) erusalem, and from the sea coast of Tyre and
Sidon, which came to hear him, and to be healed of
their diseases.
XI.
The Sermon on the Mount.
AND seeing the multitudes, he went up into a
mountain: and when he was set, his disciples
came unto him:
2 And he opened his mouth, and taught them,
saying,
3 Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is
the kingdom of heaven.
4 Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be
comforted.
5 Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit
the earth.
6 Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst
after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
7 Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain
mercy.
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8 Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall
see God.
9 Blessed are the peacemakers; for they shall
be called the children of God.
10 Blessed are they which are persecuted for
righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of
heaven. .
-11 Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you,
and persecute you, and shall say ail manner of
evil against you falsely, for my sake.
12 Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is
your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the
prophets which were before you.
13 But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have
received your consolation.
14 Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall
hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall
mourn and weep.
15 Woe unto you, when all men shall speak
well of you! for so did their fathers to the false
prophets.
16 § Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt
have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted?
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it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast
out, and to be trodden under foot of men.
17 Yeare the light of the world. A city that is
set on an hill cannot be hid.
18 Neither do men light a candle, and put it
under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth
light unto all that are in the house.
19 Let your light so shine before men, that they
may see your good works, and glorify your Father
which is in heaven.
20 ¥ Think not that I am come to destroy the
law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but
to fulfil.
21 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and
earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise
pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
22 Whosoever therefore shall break one of these
least commandments, and shall teach men so, he
shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven:
but/ whosoever shall do and teach them, the same
shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
23 For I say unto you, That except your right-
eousness shall exceed the righteousness of the
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scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter
into the kingdom of heaven.
24 Ye have heard that it was said by them of
old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall
kill shall be in danger of the judgment:
25 But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry
with his brother without a cause shall be in danger
of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his
brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council; but
whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger
of hell fire.
26 Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar,
and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought
against thee;
27 Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go
thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then
come and offer thy gift.
28 Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles
thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the
adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge
deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into
prison.
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29 Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no
means come out thence, till thou hast paid the
uttermost farthing.
30 § Ye have heard that it was said by them
of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery :
31 But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh
on a woman to lust after her hath committed adul-
tery with her already in his heart.
32 And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it
out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for
thee that one of thy members should perish, and not
that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
33 And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off,
and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee
that one of thy members should perish, and not that
thy whole body should be cast into hell.
34 ¥ It hath been said, Whosoever shall put
away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorce-
ment:
35 But I say unto you, That whosoever shall
put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornica-
tion, causeth her to commit adultery: and whoso-
ever shall marry her that is divorced committeth
adultery.
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36 §] Again, ye have heard that it hath been
said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear
thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine
oaths:
37 But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither
by heaven; for it is God’s throne:
_ 38 Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool:
neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great
King.
39 Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, be-
cause thou canst not make one hair white or black.
40 But let your communication be, Yea, yea;
Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these
cometh of evil.
41 {[ Ye have heard that it hath been said, An
eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:
42 But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil:
but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek,
turn to him the other also.
43 And if any man will sue thee at the law, and
take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also.
44 And whosoever shall compel thee to go a
mile, go with him twain.
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we)
or)
45 Give to him that asketh thee, and from him
that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.
46 § Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou
shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.
47 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless
them that curse you, do good to them that hate you,
and pray for them which despitefully use you, and
nee
persecute you;
48 That ye may be the children of your Father
which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise
on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the
just and on the unjust.
49 For if ye love them which love you, what re-
ward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?
50 And if ye salute your brethren only, what do
ye more than others? do not even the publicans so?
51 And if ye lend to them of whom ye hope to
receive, what thank have ye? for sinners also lend
to sinners, to receive as much again.
52 But love ye your enemies, and do good, and
lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward
shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the
Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to
the evil. .
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53 Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also
is merciful.
54 Take heed that ye do not your alms before
men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no re-
ward of your Father which is in heaven.
55 Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not
sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in
the synagogues and in the streets, that they may
have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They
have their reward.
56 But when thou doest alms, let not thy left
hand know what thy right hand doeth:
57 That thine alms may be in secret: and
thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall re-
ward thee openly.
58 [| And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be
as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray stand-
ing in the synagogues and in the corners of the
streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I
say unto you, They have their reward.
59 But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy
closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to
thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which
seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
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60 But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions,
as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be
heard for their much speaking.
61 Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your
Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before
ye ask him.
62 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our
Iather which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
63. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in
earth, as it is in heaven.
64 Give us this day our daily bread.
65 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our
debtors.
66 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver
us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the
power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
67 For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your
heavenly Father will also forgive you:
68 But if ye forgive not men their trespasses,
neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
69 {| Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypo-
crites, of asad countenance: for they disfigure their
faces, that they may appear unto men to_ fast.
Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
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70 But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine
head, and wash thy face;
71 That thou appear not unto men to fast, but
unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father,
which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.
72 J Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon
earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where
thieves break through and steal:
73 But lay up for yourselves treasures in
heaven, where neither moth nor rusc¢ doth corrupt,
and where thieves do not break through nor steal.
74 For where your treasure is, there will your
heart be also.
75 The light of the body is the eye: if therefore
thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of
light.
76 But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall
be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is
in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!
77 No man can serve two masters: for either
he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he
will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye
cannot serve God and mammon,
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78 Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought
for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall
drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on.
Is not the life more than meat, and the body than
raiment?
79 Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not,
neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet
your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not
much better than they?
80 Which of you by taking thought can add one
cubit unto his stature?
81 And why take ye thought for raiment? Con-
sider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil
not, neither do they spin:
82 And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon
in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
83 Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the
field, which today is, and tomorrow is cast into
the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye
of little faith?
84 Therefore take no thought, saying, What
Shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Where-
withal shall we be clothed?
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85 (For after all these things do the Gentiles
seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye
have need of all these things.
86 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and
his righteousness; and all these things shall be
added unto you.
87 Take therefore no thought for the morrow:
for the morrow shall take thought for the things
of itself. Sufficient unto the day 1s the evil thereof.
88 Judge not, that ye be not judged.
89 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall
be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall
be measured to you again.
90 Give, and it shall be given unto you; good
measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and
running over, shall men give into your bosom. lor
with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall
be measured to you again.
91 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in
thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the beam that
is in thine own eye?
92 Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me
pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a
beam is in thine own eye?
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93 Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of
thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to
cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye.
94 § Give not that which is holy unto the dogs,
neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they
trample them under their feet, and turn again and
rend you. ;
95 J Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and
ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto
you:
96 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he
that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it
shall be opened.
97 Or what man is there of you, whom if his
son ask bread, will he give him a stone?
98 Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a ser-
pent?
99 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good
gifts unto your children, how much more shall your
Father which is in heaven give good things to them
that ask him?
100 Therefore all things whatsoever ye would
that men should do to you, do ye even so to them:
for this is the law and the prophets,
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101 {{ Enter ye in at the strait gate; for wide is
the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to de-
struction, and many there be which go in thereat:
102 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is
the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be
that find it.
103 { Beware of false prophets, which come to
you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are raven-
ing wolves.
104 Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do
men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
105 Even so every good tree bringeth forth
good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil
fruit.
106 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit,
neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
107 Every tree that bringeth not forth good
fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
108 Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know
them. ,
109 <A good man out of the good treasure of the
heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man
out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.
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110 But I say unto you, That every idle word
that men shall speak, they shall give account there-
of in the day of judgment.
111 For by thy words thou shalt be justified,
and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
112 § Therefore whosoever heareth these say-
ings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto
a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
118 And the rain descended, and the floods
came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that
house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a
rock. .
114 And every one that heareth ihese sayings
of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto
a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:
115 And the rain descended, and the floods
came, and the winds blew and beat upon that
house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.
116 And it came to pass, when Jesus had
ended these sayings, the people were astonished at
his doctrine:
117 For he taughtthem as one having authority,
and not as the scribes.
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XII.
Exhorts.
HEN he was come down from the mountain,
great multitudes followed him.
2 And he marvelled because of their unbelief.
And he went round about the villages, teaching.
3 § Come unto me, all ye that labour and are
heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
4 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for
I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find -
rest unto your souls.
5 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
XIII.
A Woman Annointeth Him.
oe one of the Pharisees desired him that he
would eat with him. And he went into the
Pharisee’s house, and sat down to meat.
2 And, behold, a woman in the city, which was
a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in
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the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster box of
ointment,
8 And stood at his feet behind him weeping,
and began to wash his feet with tears, and did
wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed
his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.
4 Now when the Pharisee which had bidden
him saw it, he spake within himself, saying, This
man, if he were a prophet, would have known who
and what manner of woman this is that toucheth
him: for she is a sinner.
5 And Jesus answering said unto him, Simon,
I have somewhat to say unto thee. And he saith,
Master, say on.
6 There was a certain creditor which had two
debtors: the one owed five hundred pence, and the
other fifty.
7 And when they had nothing to pay, he
frankly forgave them both. Tell me therefore,
which of them will love him most?
8 Simon answerd and said, I suppose that he
to whom he forgave most. And he said unto him,
Thou hast rightly judged.
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9 And he turned to the woman, and said unto
Simon, Seest thou this woman? I entered into
thine house, thou gavest me no water for my feet:
but she hath washed my feet with tears, and wiped
them with the hairs of her head.
10 Thou gavest me no kiss: but this woman
since the time I came in hath not ceased to kiss
my feet.
11 My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but
this woman hath anointed my feet with ointment.
12 Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which
are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but
to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little.
13 And he said unto her, Thy sins are forgiven.
14 And they that sat at meat with him began
to say within themselves, Who is this that for-
giveth sins also?
15 And he said to the woman, Thy faith ane hath
saved thee; go in peace.
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XIV
Precepts.
HERE came then his brethren and his mother,
and, standing without, sent unto him, call-
ing him.
2 And the multitude sat about him, and they
said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy breth-
ren without seek for thee.
3 And he answered them, saying, Who is my
mother, or my brethren?
4 And he looked round about on them which
sat about him, and said, Behold my mother and
my brethren!
5 For whosoever shall do the will of God, the
same is my brother, and my sister, and mother.
6 In the mean time, when there were gathered
together an innumerable multitude of people, in-
somuch that they trode one upon another, he
began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware
ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypoc-
risy.
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7 For there is nothing covered, that shall not
be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known.
8 Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in
darkness shall be heard in the light; and that
which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall
be proclaimed upon the housetops.
9 And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid
of them that kill the body, and after that have no
more that they can do.
10 But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear:
Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power
to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.
11 Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings,
and not one of them is forgotten before God?
12 But even the very hairs of your head are
all numbered. Fear not therefore; ye are of more
value than many sparrows.
13 { And one of the company said unto him,
Master, speak to my brother, that he divide the
inheritance with me.
14 And he said unto him, Man, who made me
a judge or a divider over you?
15 And he said unte them, Take heed, and be-
ware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth
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not in the abundance of the things which he pos-
sesseth.
XV.
Parable of the Rich Man.
ND he spake a parable unto them, saying, The
ground of a certain rich man brought forth
plentifully:
2 And he thought within himself, saying,
What shall I do, because I have no room where to
bestow my fruits?
3 ‘And he said, This will I do: I will pull down
my barns, and build greater; and there will I
bestow all my fruits and my goods.
4 And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast
much goods laid up for many years; take thine
ease, eat, drink, and be merry.
5 But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night —
thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose
shall those things be, which thou hast provided?
6 So is he that layeth up treasure for himself,
and is not rich toward God.
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xXVil-
Precepts.
ND he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say
unto you, Take no thought for your life, what
ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall
put on.
2 The life is more than meat, and the body is
more than raiment.
® Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor
reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and
God feedeth them: how much more are ye better
than the fowls?
4 And which of you with taking thought can
add to his stature one cubit?
5 If ye then be not able to do that thing which
is least, why take ye thought for the rest?
6 Consider the lilies how they grow; they toil
not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that
Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one
of these.
7 If then God so clothe the grass, which is to-
day in the field, and tomorrow is cast into the
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oven; how much more will he clothe you, O ye of
little faith?
8 And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what
ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind.
9 For all these things do the nations of the
world seek after: and your Father knoweth that ye
have need of these things.
10 But rather seek ye the kingdom of God; and
all these things shall be added unto you. .
11 fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s
good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
12 Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide
yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in
the heavens that faileth not, where no thief ap-
proacheth, neither moth corrupteth.
18 For where your treasure is, there will your
heart be also.
14 Let your loins be girded about, and your
lights burning;
15 And ye yourselves like unto men that wait
for their lord, when he will return from the wed-
ding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they
may open unto him immediately.
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16 Blessed are those servants, whom the lord
when he cometh shall find watching; verily I say
unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make
them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and
serve them.
17 And if he shall come in the second watch, or’
come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed
are those servants.
18 And this know, that if the goodman of the
house had known what hour the thief would come,
he would have watched, and not have suffered his
house to be broken through.
19 Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of
man cometh at an hour when ye think not.
20 § Then Peter said unto him, Lord, speakest
thou this parable unto us, or even to all?
21 And the Lord said, Who then is that faith-
ful and wise steward, whom Jus lord shall make
ruler over his household, to give them their portion
of meat in due season?
22 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when
he cometh shall find so doing.
23 Of a truth, I say unto you, that he will
make him ruler over all that he hath.
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24 But and if that servant say in his heart, My
lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat
the menservants and maidens, and to eat and
drink, and to be drunken;
25 The lord of that servant will come in a day
when he looketh not for him, and at an hour when
he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and
will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.
26 And that servant, which knew his lord’s
will, and prepared not himself, neither did accord-
ing to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.
27 But he that knew not, and did commit
things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few
stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of
him shall be much required: and to whom men
have committed much, of him they will ask the
more,
28 {| And he said also to the people, When ye
see a cloud rise out of the west, straightway ye
say, There cometh a shower; and so it is.
29 And when ye see the south wind blow, ye
say, There will be heat; and it cometh to pass.
30 Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the
sky and of the earth; but how is it that ye do not
discern this time?
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31 Yea, and why even of yourselves judge ye
‘not what is right?
32 § When thou goest with thine adversary to
the magistrate, as thou art in the way, give dili-
gence that thou mayest be delivered from him;
lest he hale thee to the judge, and the judge de-
liver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee
- into prison.
33 I tell thee, thou shalt not depart thence, till
thou hast paid the very last mite.
34 There were present at that season some that
told him of the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had
mingled with their sacrifices.
35 And Jesus answering said unto them, Sup-
pose ye that these Galileans were sinners above
all: the Galileans, because they suffered such
things?
36 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye erie ye
shall all likewise perish,
37 Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in
Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they
were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jeru-
salem?
38 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye
shall all likewise perish.
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XVII.
Parable of the Fig Tree.
E spake also this parable; A certain man had
a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he
came and sought fruit thereon, and found none.
2 Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard,
Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on
this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why cum-
bereth it the ground?
3 And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it
alone this year slso, till I shall dig about it, and
dung it:
4 And if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then
after that thou shalt cut it down.
XVIII.
Precepts.
ND as he spake a certain Pharisee besought
him to dine with him: and he went in, and
sat down to meat.
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2 And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled
that he had not first washed before dinner.
3 And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye
Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and
the platter; but your inward part is full of raven-
ing and wickedness.
4 Ye fools, did not he that made that which is
without make that which is within also?
5 But rather give alms of such things as ye
have; and, behold, all things are clean unto you.
6 But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe
mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass
over judgment and the love of God: these ought
ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
7 Woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye love the up-
permost seats in the synagogues, and greetings in
the markets.
8 Woe unio you, scribes and Pharisees, hypo-
crites! for ye are as graves which appear not, and
the men that walk over them are not aware of
them. '
9 Then answered one of the lawyers, and said
unto him, Master, thus saying thou reproachest us
also.
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10 And he said, Woe unto you also, ye lawyers!
for ye lade men with burdens grievous to be borne,
and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one
of your fingers.
11 Woe unto you, lawyérs! for ye have taken
away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in your-
selves, and them that were entering in ye hindered.
12 And as he said these things unto them, the
scribes and the Pharisees began to urge him
vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many
things: |
13 Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch
something out of his mouth, that they might ac-
cuse him.
XIX.
Parable of the Sower.
HE same day went Jesus out of the house, and
sat by the sea side.
2 And great multitudes were gathered together
unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and
the whole multitude stood on the shore.
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3 And hespoke many things unto them in para-
bles, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;
4 And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the
way side, and the fowls came and devoured them
up:
5 Some fell upon stony places, where they had
not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, be-
cause they had no deepness of earth:
6 And when the sun was up, they were
scorched; and because they had no root, they with-
ered away.
7 And some fell among thorns; and the thorns
sprung up, and choked them:
8 But other fell into good ground, and brought
forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold,
some thirtyfold.
9 Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
10 { And when he was alone, they that were
about him with the twelve asked of him the par:
able. . |
11 { Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower.
12 When any one heareth the word of the king-
dom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the
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wicked one, and catcheth away that which was
sown in his heart. This is he which received seed
by the way side.
18 But he that received the seed into stony
places, the same is he that heareth the word, and
anon with joy receiveth it;
14 Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth
for a while; for when tribulation or persecution
ariseth because of the word, by and by he is of-
fended.
15 Healso that received seed among the thorns
is he that heareth the word; -and the care of this
world, and the deceitfulness of riches choke the
word, and he becometh unfruitful.
16 But he that received seed into the good
ground is he that heareth the word, and under-
standeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth
forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some
thirty.
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XX,
Precepts.
ND he said unto them, Is a candle brought to
be put under a bushel, or under a bed? and
not to be set on a candlestick?
1 For there is nothing hid, which shall not be
manifested; neither was any thing kept secret, but
that it should come abroad.
2 If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.
XXI.
Parable of the Tares.
NOTHER parable put he forth unto them, say-
ing, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto
a man which sowed good seed in his field.
2 But while men slept, his enemy came and
sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.
3 But when the blade was sprung up, and
brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also.
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4 So the servants of the householder came and
said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed
in thy field? from whence then hath it tares?
5 He said unto them, An enemy hath done this.
The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that
we go and gather them up?
6 But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the
tares, ye root up also the wheat with them.
7 Let both grow together until the harvest: and
in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers,
Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in
bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into.
my barn.
8 J Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and
went into the house: and his disciples came unto
him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the
tares of the field.
9 He answered and said unto them, He that
soweth the good seed is the Son of man;
10 The field is the world; the good seed are the
children of the kingdom; but the tares are the chil-
dren of the wicked one ;
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11 The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the
harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are
the angels.
12 As therefore the tares are gathered and
burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this
world.
13 The Son of man shall send forth his angels,
and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things
that offend, and them which do iniquity.
14 And shall cast them into a furnace of fire:
there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
15 Then shall the righteous shine forth as the
sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath
ears to hear, let him hear.
16 § Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto
treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath
found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and sell-
eth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.
17 ¥ Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto
a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls:
18 Who, when he had found one pearl of great
price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.
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19 { Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto
a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of
every kind:
20 Which, when it was full, they drew to shore,
and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels,
but cast the bad away.
21 So shall it be at the end of the world: the
angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from
among the just,
22 And shall cast them into the furnace of ia
there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
23 Jesus saith unto them, Have ye understood
all these things? They say unto him, Yea, Lord.
24 Then said he unto them, Therefore every
Scribe which is instructed unto the kingdom of
heaven is like unto a man that is an householder,
which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new
and old.
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XXII.
Precepts.
ND he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a
man should cast seed into the ground;
2 And should sleep, and rise night and day,
and the seed should spring and grow up, he know-
eth not how.
3 For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself;
first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn
in the ear.
4 But when the fruit is brought forth, immedi-
ately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest
is come.
5 { And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the
kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall
we compare it?
6 Itis like a grain of mustard seed, which, when
it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds
that be in the earth:
7 But when it is sown, it groweth up, and be-
cometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth out
great branches; so that the fowls of the air may
lodge under the shadow of it.
5
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8 And with many such parables spake he the
word unto them, as they were able to hear 7.
9 But without a parable spake he not unto
them; and when they were alone, he expounded ali
things to his disciples.
10 ¥ And it came to pass, that, as they went in
the way, a certain man said unto him, Lord, I will
follow thee whithersoever thou goest.
11 And Jesus said unto him, Foxes have holes,
and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man
hath not where to lay his head.
12 And he said unto another, Follow me. But
he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my
father.
18 Jesus said unto him, Let the dead bury their
dead: but go thou and preach the kingdom of God.
14 And another also said, Lord, I will follow
thee; but let me first go bid them farewell, which
are at home at my house.
15 And Jesus said unto him, No man, having
put ‘his hand to the plough and looking back, is fit
for the kingdom of God.
16 { And after these things he went forth, and
saw a publican named Levi, sitting at the receipt
of custom: and he said unto him, Follow me.
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17 And he left all, rose up, and followed him.
18 And Levi made him a great feast in his own
house; and it came to pass, that, as Jesus sat at
meat in his house, many publicans and sinners sat
also together with Jesus and his disciples: for there
were many, and they followed him.
19 And when the scribes and Pharisees saw
him eat with publicans and sinners, they said unto
his disciples, How is it that he eateth and drinketh
with publicans and sinners?
20 When Jesus heard it, he saith unto them,
They that are whole have no need of the physician,
but they that are sick: I came not to call the ELM
eous, but sinners to repentance.
XXITI.
Parable of New Wine in Old Bottles.
ND he spake also a parable unto them; No man
putteth a piece of a new garment upon an
old; if otherwise, then both the new maketh a rent,
and the piece that was taken out of the new agreeth
not with the old.
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2 And no man putteth new wine into old bot-
tles; else the new wine will burst the bottles, and
be spilled and the bottles shall perish.
3 But new wine must be put into new bottles;
and both are preserved.
4 No man also having drunk old wine straight-
way desireth new: for he saith, The old is better.
XXIV.
A Prophet Hath no Honor in his Own Country.
Anke it came to pass, that when Jesus had fin-
ished these parables, he departed thence.
9 And when he was come into his own country,
he taught them in their synagogue, insomuch that
they were astonished and said, Whence hath this
man this wisdom, and these mighty works?
3 Is not this the carpenter’s son? is not his
mother called Mary? and his brethren James, and
Joses, and Simon, and Judas?
4 And his sisters, are they not all with us?
Whence then hath this man all these things?
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5 And they were offended in him. But Jesus
said unto them, A prophet is not without honour,
save in his own country, and in his own house.
XXV.
Mission Instructions, Return of Apostles.
PUT when he saw the multitudes, he was moved
with compassion on them, because they
fainted and were scattered abroad, as sheep having
no shepherd.
2 g And he called unto him the twelve, and be-
gan to send them forth by two and two; and gave
them power over unclean spirits;
38 These twelve Jesus sent forth, and com-
manded them, saying, Go not into the way of the
Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter
ye not:.
4 But go rather to the lost sheep of the house
of Israel.
5 Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in
your purses,
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6 Nor scrip for your journey, neither two coats,
neither shces, nor yet staves: for the workman is
worthy of his meat.
7 And into whatsoever city or town ye shall
enter, enquire who in it is worthy; and there abide
till ye go thence.
8 And when you come into an house, salute it.
9 And if the house be worthy, let your peace
come upon it: but if it be not worthy, let your peace
return to you.
10 And whosoever shall not receive you, nor
hear your words, when ye depart out of that house
or city, shake off the dust of your feet.
11 Verily I say unto you, It shall be more toler-
able for the land of Scdom and Gomorrah in the
day of judgment, than for that city.
12 { Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the
midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents,
and harmless as doves.
13 But beware of men: for they will deliver you
up to the councils, and they will scourge you in
their synagogues;
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14 And ye shall be brought before governors
and kings for my sake, for a testimony against
them and the Gentiles.
15 But when they persecute you in this city,
flee ye into another: for verily I say unto you, Ye
shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the
Son of man be come.
16 Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing
covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that
shall not be known.
17 What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in
light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye
upon the housetops.
18 And fear not them which kill the body, but
are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him
which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
19 Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing?
and one of them shall not fall on the ground with-
out your Father.
20 But the very hairs of your head are all
numbered.
21 Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value
than many sparrows.
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22 And they went out, and preached that men
should repent.
23 And the apostles gathered themselves to-
gether unto Jesus, and told him all things, both
what they had done, and what they had taught.
XXXVI.
Precepts.
ITER these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for
he would not walk in Jewry, because the
Jews sought to kill him.
2 Then came together unto him the Pharisees,
and certain of the scribes, which came from Jeru-
salem.
3 And when they saw some of his disciples eat
bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen,
hands, they found fault.
4 For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except
they wash their hands oft, eat not, holding the tra-
dition of the elders.
5 And when they come from the market, except
they wash, they eat not. And many other things
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there be, which they have received to hold, as the
washing of cups and pots, brazen vessels, and of
tables.
6 Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him,
Why walk not thy disciples according to the tra-
dition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashen
hands?
7 § And when he had called all the people unto
him, he said unto them, Hearken unto me every one
of you, and understand:
8 There is nothing from without a man, that
entering into him can defile him: but the things
which come out of him, those are they that defile
the man.
9 If any man have ears to hear let him hear.
10 And when he was entered into the house
from the people, his disciples asked him concern-
ing the parable.
11 And he saith unto them, Are ye so without
understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that
whatsoever thing from without entereth into the
man, i¢ cannot defile him;
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12 Because it entereth not into his heart, but
into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purg-
ing all meats?
13 And he said, That which cometh out of the
man, that defileth the man.
14 For from within, out of the heart of men, |
proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, mur-
ders,
15 Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, las-
civiousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolish-
ness:
16 All these evil things come from within, and
defile the man.
17 { And from thence he arose, and went into
the borders of Tyre and Sidon, ..nd entered into an
house, and would have no man know it: but he
could not be hid.
18 At the same time came the disciples unto
Jesus, saying, Who is the greatest in the kingdom
of heaven?
19 And Jesus called a little child unto him, and
set him in the midst of them,
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20 And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye
be converted, and become as little children, ye
Shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
21 Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as
this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom
of heaven.
22 J Woe unto the world because of offences!
_ for it must needs be that offences come; but woe
to that man by whom the offence cometh!
23 Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend
thee, cut them off, and cast them from thee: it is
better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed,
rather than having two ‘hands or two feet to be
cast into everlasting fire.
24 And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out,
and cast it from thee: it is better for thee to enter
into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes
to be cast into hell fire.
25 How think ye? if a man have an hundred
sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not
leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the moun-
tains, and seeketh that which is gone astray?
26 And if so be that he find it, verily I say unto
you, he rejoiceth more of that sheep, than of the
ninety and nine which went not astray.
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27 Even so it is not the will of your Father
which is in heaven, that one of these little ones
should perish.
28 Moreover if thy brother shall trespass
against thee, go and tell him his fault between
thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast
gained thy brother.
29 But if he will not hear thee, then take with
thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or
three witnesses every word may be established.
30 And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell a
unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the
church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man
and a publican.
31 { Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord,
how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I for-
give him? till seven times?
32 Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee,
Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven.
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XX VII.
Parable of the Wicked Servant.
aL. HEREFORE is the kingdom of heaven likened
unto a certain king, which would take ac.
count of his servants.
2 And-.when he had begun to reckon, one was
brought unto him, which owed him ten thousand
talents.
3 But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord
commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and child-
ren, and all that he had, and payment to be made.
4 The servant therefore fell down, and wor-
shipped him, saying, Lord, have patience with me,
and I will pay thee all.
5 Then the lord of that servant was moved with
compassion, and loosed him, and forgave him the
debt.
6 But the same servant went out, and found
one of his fellow-servants, which owed him an hun-
dred pence: and he laid hands on him, and took
him by ihe throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest.
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7 And his fellow-servant fell down at his feet,
and besought him, saying, Have patience with me,
and I will pay thee all.
8 And he would not: but went and cast him
into prison, till he should pay the debt.
9 So when his fellow-servants saw what was
done, they were very sorry, and came and told unto
their lord all that was done.
10 Then his lord, after that he had called him,
said unto him, O thou wicked servant, I forgave
thee all that debt, because thou desiredst me;
11 Shouldest not thou also have had compas-
sion on thy fellow-servant, even as I had pity on
thee?
12 And his lord was wroth, and delivered him
to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was
due unto him. ;
13 So likewise shall my heavenly Father do
also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not
every one his brother their trespasses.
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XXVIII.
Mission of the Seventy.
ITER these things the Lord appointed other
seventy also, and sent them two and two
before his face into every city and place, whither
he himself would come.
2 Therefore said he unto them, The harvest
truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye
therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would
send forth labourers into his harvest.
3 Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as
lambs among wolves.
4 Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes: and
salute no man by the way.
5 And into whatsoever house ye enter, first say,
Peace be to this house.
6 And if the son of peace be there, your peace
shall rest upon it: if not, it shall turn to you again.
7 And in the same house remain, eating and
drinking such things as they give: for the labourer
is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house.
8 And into whatsoever city ye enter, and they
receive vou, eat such things as are set before you:
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9 But into whatsoever city ye enter, and they
receive you not, go your ways out into the streets
of the same, and say,
10 Even the very dust of your city, which
cleaveth on us, we do wipe off against you: not-
withstanding be ye sure of this, that the kingdom
of God is come nigh unto you.
11 But I say unto you, that it shall be more
tolerable in that day for Sodom, than for that city.
XXIX.
The Feast of the Tabernacles.
N OW the Jews’ feast of tabernacles was at hand.
2 His brethren therefore said unto him,
Depart hence, and go into Judea, that thy dis-
ciples also may see the works that thou doest.
3 For there is no man that doeth any thing in
secret and he himself seeketh to be known openly.
If thou do these things, shew thyself to the world.
4 For neither did his brethren believe in him.
5 Then Jesus said unto them, My time is not
yet come: but your time is alway ready.
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6 The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth,
because I testify of it, that the works thereof are
evil.
7 Go ye up unto this feast: I go not up yet
unto this feast; for my time is not yet full come.
8 When he had said these words unto them, he
abode still in Galilee.
9 { But when his brethren were gone up, then
went he also up unto the feast, not openly, but as
it were in secret.
10 Then the Jews sought him at the feast, and
said, Where is he?
11 And there was much murmuring among the
people concerning him: for some said, He is a good
man: others said, Nay; but he deceiveth the people.
12 Howbeit no man spake openly of him for
fear of the Jews.
13 § Now about the midst of the feast Jesus
went up into the temple, and taught.
14 And the Jews marveled, saying, How
knoweth this man letters, having never learned?
15 Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine
is not mine, but his that sent me.
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16 Did not Moses give you the law, and yet
none of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to
kill me?
17 The people answered and said, Thou hast a
devil: who goeth about to kill thee?
18 Jesus answered and said unto them, I have
done one work, and ye all marvel.
19 Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision ;
(not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers;)
and ye on the sabbath day circumcise a man.
20 Ifaman on the sabbath day receive circum-
cision, that the law of Moses should not be broken;
are ye angry at me, because I have made a man
every whit whole on the sabbath day?
21 Judge not according to the appearance, but
judge righteous judgment.
22 Then said some of them of Jerusalem, Is not
this he, whom they seek to kill?
23 But, lo, he speaketh boldly, and they say
nothing unto him. Do the rulers know indeed that
this is the very Christ?
24 | The Pharisees heard that the people mur-
mured such things concerning him; and the Phari-
sees and the chief priests sent officers to take him.
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25 So there was a division among the people
because of him.
26 And some of them would have taken him;
but no man laid hands on him.
27 { Then came the officers to the chief priests
and Pharisees; and they said unto them, Why have
ye not brought him?
28 The officers answered, Never man spake
like this man.
29 Then answered them the Pharisees, Are ye
also deceived?
30 Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees
believed on him?
31 But this people who knoweth not the law
are cursed.
32 Nicodemus saith unto them, (he that came
to Jesus by night, being one of them,)
33 Doth our law judge any man, before it hear
him, and know what he doeth?
34 They answered and said unto him, Art thou
also of Galilee? Search, and look: for out of Gal-
ilee ariseth no prophet.
35 And every man went unto his own house.
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XXX.
The Woman Taken in Adultery.
ESUS went unto the mount of Olives.
2 And early in the morning he came again
into the temple, and all the people came unto him;
and he sat down, and taught them.
3 And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto
him a woman taken in adultery; and when they
had set her in the midst,
4 They say unto him, Master, this woman was
taken in adultery, in the very act.
5 Now Moses in the law commanded us, that
such should be stoned; but what sayest thou?
6 This they said, tempting him, that they
might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped
down, and with his finger wrote on the ground,
as though he heard them not.
7 So when they continued asking him, he
lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is
without sin among you, let him first cast a stone
at her.
8 And again he stooped down, and wrote on
the ground.
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9 And they which heard it, being convicted by
their own conscience, went out one by one begin-
ning at the eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus
was left alone, and the woman standing in the
midst.
10 When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw
none but the woman, he said unto her, Woman,
where are those thine accusers? hath no man con-
demned thee?
11 She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said
unto her, Neither do I condemn thee; go, and sin
no more,
XXXI.
To be Born Blind No Proof of Sin.
ND as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which
was blind from his birth.
2 And his disciples asked him, saying, Master,
who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was
born blind?
3 Jesus answered, Neither hath this. man
sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of
God should be made manifest in him.
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XXXII.
The Good Shepherd.
ERILY, verily, I say unto you, He that en-
tereth not by the door into the sheepfold,
but climbeth up some other way, the same is a
thief and a robber.
2 But he that entereth in by the door is the
shepherd of the sheep.
3 To him the porter openeth; and the sheep
hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by
name, and leadeth them out.
4 And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he
goeth before them, and the sheep follow him; for
| they know his voice.
5 Anda stranger wili they not follow, but will
flee from him: for they know not the voice of
strangers.
6 Iam the good tee the good shepherd
giveth his life for the sheep.
7 But he that is an hireling, and not the shep-
herd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf
coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fieeth: and the
wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.
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8 The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling,
and careth not for the sheep.
9 Iam the good shepherd, and know my a
and am known of mine.
10 And other sheep I have, which are not of
this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall
hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and
~ one shepherd.
XXXII.
Love God and Thy Neighbour; Parable of the Samaritan.
ND, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and
tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I
do to inherit eternal life?
2 He said unto him, What is written in the
law? how readest thou?
3 And he answering said, Thou shalt love the
Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all
thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all
thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.
4 And he said unto him, Thou hast answered
right: this do, and thou shalt live.
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5 But he, willing to justify himself, said unto
Jesus, And who is my neighbour?
6 And Jesus answering said, A certain man
went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell
among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment,
and wounded im, and departed, leaving him half
dead.
7 And by chance there came down a certain
priest that way: and when he saw him he passed
by on the other side.
8 And likewise a Levite, when he was at the
place, came and looked on him, and passed by on
the other side.
9 But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed,
came where he was: and when he saw him, he had
compassion on him,
10 And went to him, and bound up his wounds,
pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own
beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of
him.
11 And on the morrow when he departed, he
took out two pence, and gave them to the host, and
said unto him, Take care of him; and whatsoever
thou spendest more, when I come again, I will re-
pay thee.
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12 Which now of these three, thinkest thou,
was neighbour unto him that fell among the
thieves?
13 And he said, He that shewed mercy on him.
Then said Jesus unto him, Go, and do thou like-
wise.
XXXIV.
Form of Prayer.
ND it came to pass, that, as he was praying in
a certain place, when he ceased, one of his
disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as
John also taught his disciples.
2 And he said unto them, When ye pray, say,
Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy
name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as
in heaven, so in earth.
3 Give us day by day our daily bread.
4 And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive
every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not
into temptation; but deliver us from evil.
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5 And he said unto them, Which of you shall
have a friend, and shall go unto him at midnight,
and say unto him, Friend, lend me three loaves;
6 For a friend of mine in his journey is come
to me, and I have nothing to set before him?
7 And he from within shall answer and say,
Trouble me not: the door is now shut; and my chil-
dren are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give
thee.
8 I-say unto you, Though he will not rise and
give him because he is his friend, yet because of
his importunity he will rise and give him as many
as he needeth.
9 And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be
given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it
shall be opened unto you.
10 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he
that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it
shall be opened.
11 If a son shall ask bread of any of you that
is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask
a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?
12 Orif he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a
scorpion?
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13 If ye then, being evil, know how to give
good gifts unto your children: how much more
shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to
them that ask him?
XXXYV.
The Sabbath.
ND it came to pass, as he went into the house
of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on
the sabbath day, that they watched him.
2 And, behold, there was a certain man before
him which had the dropsy.
3 And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers
and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the
sabbath day?
4 And they held their peace. And he took him,
and healed him, and let him go;
5 And answered them, saying, Which of you
shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a pit, and
will not straightway pull him out on the sabbath
day?
6 And they could not answer him again to
these things.
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XXXVI.
The Bidden to a Feast.
ND he put forth a parable to those which were
bidden, when he marked how they chose out
the chief rooms; saying unto them,
2 When thou art bidden of any man to a wed-
ding, sit not down in the highest room ; lest a more
honourable man than thou be bidden of him ;
3 And he that bade thee and him come and say
to thee, Give this man place; and thou begin with
shame to take the lowest room.
4 But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in
-the lowest room; that when he that bade thee
cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, go up higher:
then shalt thou have worship in the presence of
them that sit at meat with thee.
5 For whosoever exalteth himself shall” be
abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be ex-
alted.
6 Then said he also to him that bade him,
When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not
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thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen,
nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee
again, and a recompense be made thee.
7 But when thou makest a feast, call the poor,
the maimed, the lame, the blind:
8 And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot
recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at
the resurrection of the just.
9 § And when one of them that sat at meat
with him heard these things, he said unto him,
Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom
of God.
10 Then said he unto him, A certain man made
a great supper, and bade many:
11 And sent his servant at supper time to say
to them that were bidden, Come; for all things are
now ready.
12 And they all with one consent began to make
excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a
piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I
pray thee have me excused.
13 And another said, I have bought five yoke
of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have
me excused.
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14 And another said, I have married a wife,
and therefore I cannot come.
15 So that servant came, and shewed his lord
these things. Then the master of the house being
angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the
streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither
the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the
blind.
16 And the servant said, Lord it is done as thou
hast commanded, and yet there is room.
17 And the lord said unto the servant, Go out
into the highways and hedges, and compel them to
come in, that my house may be filled.
18 For I say unto you, That none of those men
which were bidden shall taste of my supper.
XXXVI.
Precepts.
OR which of you, intending to build a tower,
sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost,
whether he have sufficient to finish it?
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2 Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation,
and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to
mock him,
3 Saying, This man began to build, and was not
able to finish.
4 Or what king, going to make war against
another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth
whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him ©
that cometh against him with twenty thousand?
5 Or else, while the other is yet a great way off,
he sendeth an ambassage, and desireth conditions
of peace.
XXXVITI.
Parables of the Lost Sheep and Prodigal Son.
HEN drew near unto him all the publicans and
sinners for to hear him.
2 And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, say-
ing, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with
them.
3 And he spake this parable unto them, saying,
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4 What man of you, having an hundred sheep,
if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety
and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which
is lost, until he find it? 4
5 And when he hath found ‘t, he layeth 7 on his
shoulders, rejoicing.
6 And when he cometh home, he calleth to-
gether his friends and neighbours, saying unto
them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep
which was lost..
7 Isay unto you, that likewise joy shall be in
heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than
over ninety and nine just persons, which need no
repentance.
8 § Either what woman having ten pieces of
silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a candle,
and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she
find it?
9 And when she hath found 7, she calleth her
friends and her neighbours together, saying, Re-
joice with me; for I have found the piece which I
had lost.
10 Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the
presence of the angels of God over one sinner that
repenteth.
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11 {jf And he said, A certain man had two sons:
12 And the younger of them said to his father,
Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to
me. And he divided unto them his living:
13 And not many days after the younger son
gathered all together and took his journey into a
far country, and there wasted his substance with
riotous living.
14 And when he had spent all, there arose a
mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in
want.
15 And he went and joined himself to a citizen
of that country; and he sent him into his fields to
feed swine.
16. And he would fain have filled his belly with
the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave
unto him.
17 And when he came to himself, he said, How
many hired servants of my father’s have bread
enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!
18 I will arise and go to my father, and will
say unto him, Father, I have sinned against
heaven, and before thee,
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19 And am no more worthy to be called thy
son: make me as one of thy hired servanis.
20 And he arose, and came to his father. But
when he was yet a great way off, his father saw
him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on
his neck, and kissed him.
21 And the son said unto him, Father, I have
sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am
no more worthy to be called thy son.
22 But the father said to his servants, Bring
forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a
ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet:
23 And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill
it; and let us eat, and be merry:
24 For this my son was dead, and is alive
again; he was lost, and is found. And they began
to be merry.
25 Now his elder son was in the field; and as
he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard
music and dancing.
26 And he called one of the servants, and asked
what these things meant.
27 And he said unto him, Thy brother is come;
and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because
he hath received him safe and sound.
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28 And he was angry, and would not go in:
therefore came his father out, and intreated him.
29 And he answering said to his father, Lo,
these many years do I serve thee, neither trans-
gressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet
thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make
merry with my friends:
30 But as soon as this thy son was come,
which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou
hast killed for him the fatted calf.
31 And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever
with me, and all that I have is thine.
32 It was meet that we should make merry,
and be glad; for this thy brother was dead, and
is alive a gain; and was lost, and is found.
XXXIX.
Parable of the Unjust Steward.
ND he said also unto his disciples, There was a
certain rich man, which had a steward; and
the same was accused unto him that he had wasted
his goods.
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2 And he called him, and said unto him, How
is it that I hear this of thee? give an account of
thy stewardship; for thou mayest be no longer
steward.
3 Then the steward said within himself, What
shall I do? for my lord taketh away from me the
stewardship: I cannot dig; to beg Iam ashamed.
4 Iam resolved what to do, that, when I am
put out of the stewardship, they may receive me
into their houses.
5 So he called every one of his lord’s debtors
unto him, and said unto the first, How much owest
thou unto my lord?
6 And he said, An hundred measures of oil.
And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and sit down
quickly, and write fifty.
7 Then said he to another, And how much
owest thou? And he said, An hundred measures
of wheat. And he said unto him, Take thy bill,
and write fourscore.
8 And the lord commended the unjust steward,
because he had done wisely; for the children of
this world are in their generation wiser than the
children of light.
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9 And I say unto you, Make to yourselves
friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that,
when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting
habitations.
10 He that is faithful in that which is least is
faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the
least is unjust also in much.
11 If therefore ye have not been faithful in the
unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your
trust the true riches?
12 And if ye have not been faithful in that
which is another man’s, who shall give you that
which is your own?
13 No servant can serve two masters: for either
he will hate the one, and love the other; or else
he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye
cannot serve God and mammon.
14 § And the Pharisees also, who were cov-
etous, heard all these things: and they derided him.
15 And he said unto them, Ye are they which
justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth
your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed
among men is abomination in the sight of God.
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XL.
Parable of Lazarus.
HERE was a certain rich man, which was
clothed in purple and fine linen and fared
sumptucusly every day:
2 And there was a certain beggar named Laz-
arus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,
3 And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which
fell from the rich man’s table: moreover the dogs
came and licked his sores.
4 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, -
and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s
bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;
5 And in hell he lift up bis eyes, being in tor-
ments and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus
in his bosom.
6 And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have
mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip
the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue;
for I am tormented in this flame.
7 But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou
in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and like-
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wise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted,
and thou art tormented.
8 And beside all this, between us and you there
is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would
pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they
pass to us, that would come from thence.
9 Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father,
that thou wouldest send him to my father’s house:
10 ForTI have five brethren; that he may testify
unto them, lest they also come into this place of
torment.
11 Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses
and the prophets; let them hear them.
12 And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if
one went unto them from the dead, they will re-
pent.
13 And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses
and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded,
though one rose from the dead.
XLI.
Precepts to be Always Ready.
HEN said he unto the disciples, it is impossible
but that offences will come: but woe unto
him, through whom they come!
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2 It were better for him that a millstone were
hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea,
than that he should offend one of these little ones.
3 | Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother
trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent,
forgive him.
4 And if he trespass against thee seven times in
a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee.
saying, T repent; thou shalt forgive him.
5 But which of you, having a servant plowing
or feeding cattle, will say unto him by and by, when
he is come from the field, Go and sit down to meat?
6 And will not rather say unto him, Make ready
wherewith I may sup, and gird thyself, and serve
me, till I have eaten and drunken; and afterward
thou shalt eat and drink?
7 Doth he thank that servant because he did the
things that were commanded him? I trow not.
8 So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all
those things which are commanded you, say, We are
unprofitable servants: we have done that which was
our duty to do. y
9 § And when he was demanded of the Phari-
sees, when the kingdom of God should come, he
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answered them and said, The Kingdom of God
cometh not with observation.
10 And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it
be also in the days of the Son of man.
11 They did eat, they drank, they married wives,
they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe
entered into the ark, and the flood came, and de-
stroyed them all.
12 Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot;
they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold,
they planted, they builded;
13 But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom
it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and
; destroyed them all.
14 Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son
of man is revealed.
15 In that day, he which shall be upon the
housetop, and his staff in the house, let him not
come down to take it away: and he that is in the
field, let him likewise not return back.
16 Remember Lot’s wife.
17 Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall
lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall pre-
serve it.
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18 I tell you, in that night there shall be two
men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the
other shall be left.
19 Two women shall be grinding together; the
one shall be taken, and the other left.
20 Two men shall be in the field; the one shall
be taken, and the other left.
XLII.
Parables of the Widow and Judge, the Pharisee and Publican.
Qe he spake a parable unto them to this end,
that men ought always to pray, and not to
faint;
2 Saying, There was in a city a judge, which
feared not God, neither regarded man:
3 And there was a widow in that city; and she
came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adver-
sary.
4 And he would not for a while: but afterward
he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor
regard man,
5 Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will
avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary
me.
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6 And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust
judge saith.
7 And shall not God avenge his own elect, which
cry day and night unto him, though he bear long
with them?
8 I tell you that he will avenge them speedily.
Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he
find faith on the earth?
9 g And he spake this parable unto certain
which trusted in themselves that they were right-
eous, and despised others:
10 Two men went up into the temple to pray;
the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican.
11 The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with
himself, God, I thank thee that I am not as other
men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even
as this publican.
12 I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all
that I possess.
18 And the publican, standing afar off, would
not lift up so much as is eyes unto heaven, but
smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to
me a sinner.
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14 I tell you, this man went down to his house
justified rather than the other: for every one that
exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that hum-
bleth himself shall be exalted.
XLIII.
Precepts. |
OW it came to pass, as they went, that he
entered into a certain village: and a certain
woman named Martha received him into her house.
2 And she had a sister called Mary, which also
sat at Jesus’ feet, and heard his word.
3 But Martha was cumbered about much sery-
ing, and came to him, and said, Lord, dost thou not
care that my sister hath left me to serve alone? bid
her therefore that she help me.
4 And Jesus answered and said. unto her,
Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled
about many things:
5 But one thing is needful: and Mary hath
chosen that good part, which shall not be taken
away from her.
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6 And it came to pass, that when Jesus had fin-
ished these sayings, he departed from Galilee, and
came into the coasts of Judea beyond Jordan;
7 And great multitudes followed him; and he
healed them there.
8 The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting
him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to
put away his wife for every cause?
9 And he answered and said unto them, Have
ye not read, that he which made them at the begin-
ning made them male and female,
10 <And said, For this cause shall a man leave
father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and
they twain shall be one flesh?
11 Wherefore they are no more twain, but one
flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let
not man put asunder.
12 They say unto him, Why did Moses then com-
mand to give a writing of divorcement, and to put
her away? :
13 He saith unto them, Moses because of the
hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away
your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.
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14 And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put
away his wife, except it be for fornication. and
Shall marry another, committeth adultery: and
whoso marrieth her which is put away doth com-
mit adultery.
15 His disciples say unto him, If the case of the
man be so with his wife, it is not good to marry.
16 But he said unto them, All men cannot re-
ceive this saying, save they to whom it is given.
17 for there are some eunuchs, which were so
born from their mother’s womb: and there are
some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of men;
and there be eunuchs, which have made them-
selves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven’s sake.
He that is able to receive it, let him receive it.
18 Then were there brought unto him little chil-
dren, that he should put his hands on them, and
pray: and the disciples rebuked them.
19 But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and
forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the
kingdom of heaven.
20 And he laid his hands on them, and departed
thence.
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21 And, behold, one came and said unto him,
Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may
have eternal life?
22 And he said unto him, Why callest thou me
good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but
if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.
28 He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said,
Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit
adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear
false witness,
24 Honour thy father and thy mother: and,
Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. ;
25 The young man saith unto him, All these
things have I kept from my youth up: what lack I
yet?
26 Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect,
go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and
thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and
follow me.
27 But when the young man heard that saying,
he went away sorrowful: for he had great posses-
sions.
28 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I
say unto you, That a rich man shall hardly enter
into the kingdom of heaven.
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29 And again I say unto you, It is easier for a
camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a
rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
30 When his disciples heard i, they were ex-
ceedingly amazed, saying, Who then can be saved?
31 But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them,
With men this is impossible; but with God all
things are possible.
XLIV.
Parable of the Labourers in the Vineyard.
OR the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man
that is an householder, which went out early
in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard.
2 And when he had agreed with the labourers
for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
3 And he went out about the third hour, and
saw others standing idle in the marketplace,
4 And said unto them: Go ye also into the vine-
yard, and whatsoever is right I will give you.
And they went their way.
5 Again he went out about the sixth and ninth
hour, and did likewise.
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6 And about the eleventh hour he went out,
and found others standing idle, and saith unto
them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?
7 They say unto him, Because no man hath
hired us. He saith unto them, Go ye also into the
vineyard; and whatsoever is right, that shall ye
receive.
8 So when even was come, the lord of the vine-
yard saith unto his steward, Call the labourers, and
give them their hire, beginning from the last unto
the first.
9 And when they came that were hired about
the eleventh hour, they received every man a
penny.
10 But when the first came, they supposed that
they should have received more; and they likewise
received every man a penny.
11 And when they had received it, they mur-
mured against the goodman of the house,
12 Saying, These last have wrought but one
hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us,
which have borne the burden and heat of the day.
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18 But he answered one of them, and said,
Friend, I do thee no wrong; didst thou not agree
with me for a penny?
14 Take that thine is and go thy way: I will
give unto this last, even as unto thee.
15 Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with
mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?
46 So the last shall be first, and the first last:
for many be called, but few chosen.
XLV.
Zacchaeus, and the Parable of the Talents.
rN Jesus entered and passed through Jericho.
2. And, behold, there was a man named
Zacchaeus, which was the chief among the publi-
cans, and he was rich.
3 And he sought to see Jesus who he was; and
could not for the press, because he was little of
stature.
4 And he ran before, and climbed up into a
sycamore tree to see him: for he was to pass that
way.
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5 And when Jesus came to the place, he looked
up, and saw him, and said unto him, Zacchaeus,
make haste, and come down; for today I must
abide at thy house.
6 And he made haste, and came down, and re-
ceived him joyfully.
7 And when they saw it, they all murmured,
saying, That he was gone to be guest with a man
that is a sinner.
8 And Zacchaeus stood, and said unto the
Lord; Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to
the poor; and if I have taken anything from any
man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold.
9 And Jesus said unto him, This day is salva-
tion come to this house, forsomuch as he also is a
son of Abraham.
10 For the Son of man is come to seek and to
save that which was lost.
11 And as they heard these things, he added
and spake a parable, because he was nigh to Jeru-
salem, and because they thought that the kingdom
of God should immediately appear.
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12 Hesaid therefore, A certain nobleman went
into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom,
and to return.
138 And he called his ten servants, and deliv-
ered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy
till I come.
14 But his citizens hated him, and sent a mes-
sage after him, saying, We will not have this man
to reign over us.
15 And it came to pass, that when he was re-
turned, having received the kingdom, then he com-
manded these servants to be called unto him, to
whom he had given the money, that he might know
how much every man had gained by trading.
16 Then came the first, saying, Lord, thy pound
hath gained ten pounds.
17 And he said unto him, Well, thou good sery-
ant: because thou hast been faithful in a very littte,
have thou authority over ten cities.
18 And the second came, saying, Lord, thy
pound hath gained five pounds.
19 And he said likewise to him, Be thou also
over five cities.
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20 And another came, saying, Lord, behold,
here 1s thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a
napkin:
21 For I feared thee, because thou art an
austere man: thou takest up that thou layedst not
down, and reapest that theu didst not sow.
22 And he saith unto him, Out of thine own
mouth will I judge thee, thow wicked servant.
Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking
up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not
SOW:
23 Wherefore then gavest not thou my money
into the bank, that at my coming I might have re-
quired mine own with usury?
24. And he said unto them that stood by, Take
from him the pound, and give i¢ to him that hath
ten pounds.
25 (And they said unto him, Lord, he hath ten
pounds.)
26 For I say unto you, That unto every one
which hath shall be given; and from him that hath
not, even that he hath shall be taken away from
him.
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27 But those mine enemies which would not
that I should reign over them, bring hither, and
slay them before me.
28 And when he had thus spoken, he went be-
fore, ascending up to Jerusalem.
XLVI.
Goes to Jerusalem and Bethany.
ND when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and
were come to Bethphage, unto the mount of
Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples,
2 Saying unto them, Go into the village over
against you, and straightway ye shall find an ass
tied, and a colt with her: loose them, and bring them
unto me. :
8 And if any man say ought unto you, ye shall
say, The Lord hath need of them; and straightway
he will send them.
4 And the disciples went, and did as Jesus com-
manded them,
5 And brought the ass, and the colt, and put on
them their clothes, and they set him thereon.
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6 And avery great multitude spread their gar-
ments in the way; others cut down branches from
the trees, and strawed them in the way.
7 And when he was come into Jerusalem, all
the city was moved, saying, Who is this?
8 The Pharisees therefore said among them-
selves, Perceive ye how ye prevail nothing? behold,
the world is gone after him.
9 And there were certain Greeks among them
that came up to worship at the feast:
10 The same came therefore to Philip, which
was of Bethsaida of Galilee, and desired him, say-
ing, Sir, we would see Jesus.
11 Philip cometh and telleth Andrew: and
again Andrew and Philip tell Jesus.
12 And Jesus answered them, saying, The hour
is come, that the Son of man should be glorified.
13 Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn
of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth
alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.
14 ‘And he left them, and went out of the city
into Bethany; and he lodged there.
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XLVII.
The Traders Cast Out from the Temple.
ND on the morrow, when they were come from
Bethany, he was hungry:
2 And they came to Jerusalem: and Jesus
went into the temple, and began to cast out them
that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew
the tables of the money changers, and the seats of
them that sold doves;
3 And would not suffer that any man should
carry any vessel through the temple.
4 And he taught, saying unto them, Is it not
written, ‘My house shall be called of all nations the
house of prayer? but ye have made it a den of
thieves.
5 And the scribes and chief priests heard it,
and sought how they might destroy him: for they
feared him, because all the people was astonished
at his doctrine.
6 And when even was come, he went out of
the city.
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XLVIII.
Parable of the Two Sons.
ND they came again to Jerusalem: and as he
was walking in the temple, there came to
him the chief priests, and the scribes, and the
elders,
2 And they answered Jesus and said, We can-
not tell. And hesaid unto them, Neither tell I you
by what authority I do these things.
3 But what think ye? A certain man had two
sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go
work today in my vineyard.
4 He answered and said, J will not: but after-
ward he repented, and went.
5 And he came to the second, and said likewise.
And he answered and said I go, sir: and went not.
6 Whether of them twain did the will of his
father? They say unto him, The first. Jesus saith
unto them, Verily I say unto you, That the publi-
cans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God
before you.
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XLIX.
Parable of the Vineyard and Husbandmen.
EAR another parable: There was a certain
householder, which planted a vineyard, and
hedged it round about, and digged a wine-press in
it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen,
and went into a far country:
2 And at the season he sent to the husbandmen
a servant, that he might receive from the husband-
men of the fruit of the vineyard.
3 And they caught him, and beat him, and sent
him away empty.
4 And again he sent unto them another serv-
ant; and at him they cast stones, and wounded him
in the head, and sent him away shamefully handled.
5 And again he sent another; and him they
killed, and many others; beating some, and killing
some.
6 Having yet therefore one son, his well-be-
loved, he sent him also last unto them, saying, They
will reverence my son.
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7 But those husbandmen said among them-
selves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and
the inheritance shall be ours.
8 And they took him, and killed him and cast
him out of the vineyard.
9 What shall therefore the lord of the vineyard
do? he will come and destroy the husbandmen, and
will give the vineyard unto others.
10 And when the chief priests and Pharisees
had heard his parables, they perceived that he
spake of them.
11 But when they sought to lay hands on him,
they feared the multitude, because they tock him
for a prophet.
L.
Parable of the King and the Wedding.
ND Jesus answered and spake unto them again
by parables, and said,
2 The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain
king, which made a marriage for his son;
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3 And sent forth his servants to call them that
were bidden to the wedding; and they would not
come.
4 Again, he sent forth other servants, saying,
Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have pre-
pared my dinner; my oxen and my fatlings are
killed, and all things are ready: come unto the
marriage.
5 But they made light of it, and went their
ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise:
6 And the remnant took his servants, and en-
treated them spitefully, and slew them.
7 But when the king heard thereof, he was
wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed
those murderers, and burned up their city.
8 Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is
ready, but they which were bidden were not
worthy.
9 Go ye therefore into the highways, and as
many as ye Shall find, bid to the marriage.
10 So those servants went out into the high-
ways, and gathered together all as many as they
found, both bad and good; and the wedding was
furnished with guests.
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11 And when the king came in to see the guests,
he saw there a man which had not on a wedding
garment:
12 And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest
thou in hither not having a wedding garment?
And he was speechless.
13 Then the king said to the servants, Bind him
hand and foot, and take him away and cast him
into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and
gnashing of teeth.
14 For many are called, but few are chosen.
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Tribute, Marriage, Resurrection.
HEN went the Pharisees, and took counsel how
they might entangle him in his talk.
2 And they sent out unto him their disciples
with the Herodians, saying, Master, we know that
thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth,
neither carest thou for any man: for thou regardest
not the person of men.
3 Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it
lawful to give tribute unto Caesar, or not?
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4 But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and
said, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites?
5 Shew me the tribute money. And they
brought unto him a penny. :
6 And he saith unto them, Whose ‘1s this image
and superscription?
7 They say unto him, Caesar’s. Then saith he |
unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things
which are Caesar’s; and unto God the things that
are God’s.
8 When they had heard these words, they mar-
velled, and left him and went their way.
9 The same day came to him the Sadducees,
which say that there is no resurrection, and asked
him,
10 Saying, Master, Moses said, If a man die,
haying no children, his brother shall marry his wife,
and raise up seed unto his brother.
11 Now there were with us seven brethren: and
the first, when he had married a wife, deceased, and,
having no issue, left his wife unto his brother:
12 Likewise the second also, and the third, unto
the seventh.
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13 And last of all the woman died also.
14 Therefore in the resurrection whose wife
shall she be of the seven? for they all had her.
15 Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do
err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of
God.
16 For in the resurrection they neither marry,
nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of
God in heaven.
17 But as touching the resurrection of the dead,
have ye not read that which was spoken unto you
by God, saying,
18 I am the God of Abraham, and the God of
Isaac and the God of Jacob? God is not the God
of the dead, but of the living.
19 And when the multitude heard this, they
were astonished at his doctrine.
LIT.
The Two Commandments.
ND one of the scribes came, and having heard
them reasoning together, and perceiving that
he had answered them well, asked him, Which
is the first commandment of all?
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2 And Jesus answered him, The first of ail the
commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our
God is one Lord:
3 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all
thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy
mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first
commandment.
4. And the second is like, namely this, Thou
Shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none
other commandment greater than these.
5 On these two commandments hang all the law
and the prophets.
6 And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master,
thou hast said the truth: for there is one God; and
there is none other but he:
7 And to love him with all the heart, and with
all the understanding, and with all the soul, and
with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as
himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and
sacrifices.
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LIT.
Precepts, Pride, Hypocrisy, Swearing.
HEN spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his
disciples,
2 Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in
Moses’ seat: ‘
3 All therefore whatsoever they bid you ob-
serve, that observe and do; but do not ye after their
works: for they say, and do not.
4 for they bind heavy burdens and grievous to
be borne, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but
they themselves will not move them with one of
their fingers.
5 But all their works they do for to be seen of
men: they make broad their phylacteries, and en-
large the borders of their garments,
6 And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and
the chief seats in the synagogues,
7 And greetings in the markets, and to be called
of men, Rabbi, Rabbi.
8 But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your
Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren.
9
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9 And call no man your father upon the earth;
for one is your Father, which is in heaven.
10 Neither be ye called masters: for one is your
Master, even Christ.
11 But he that is greatest among you shall be
your servant.
12 And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be
abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be
exalted.
138 § But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees,
hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven
against men: for ye neither go in yourseives,
neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.
14 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypo-
crites! for ye devour widows’ houses, and for a
pretence make long prayer : therefore ye shall re-
ceive the greater damnation.
15 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypo-
crites! for ye compass sea and land to make one
proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him two-
fold more the child of hell than yourselves.
16 Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say,
Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing;
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but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple,
he is a debtor!
17 Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater,
the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?
18 And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it
is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the gift that
is upon it, he is guilty.
19 Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater,
the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?
20 Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar,
sweareth by it, and by all things thereon.
21 And whoso shall swear -by the temple, swear-
eth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein.
22 And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth
by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth there-
on.
23 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypo-
crites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cum-
min, and have omitted the weightier matters of the
law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to
have done, and not to leave the other undone.
24 Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and
swallow a camel.
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25 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypo-
crites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and
of the platter, but within they are full of extortion
and excess.
26 Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which
is within the cup and platter, that the outside of
them may be clean also.
27 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypo-
crites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which
indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within
full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness.
28 Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous
unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and
iniquity.
29 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypo-
crites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets,
and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,
30 And say, If we had been in the days of our
fathers, we would not have been partakers with
them in the blood of the prophets.
31 Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves,
that ye are the children of them which killed the
prophets.
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32 Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.
33 Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can
ye escape the damnation of hell?
LIV.
The Widow's Mite.
ND Jesus sat over against the treasury, and be-
held how the people cast money into the treas-
~ury: and many that were rich cast in much.
2 And there came a certain poor widow, and
she threw in two mites, which make a farthing.
3 And he called wnto him his disciples, and
saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That this
poor widow hath cast more in, than all they which
have cast into the treasury :
4 For all they did cast in of their abundance;
but she of her want did cast in all that she had,
even all her living.
LV.
Jerusalem and the Day of Judgment.
ND Jesus went out, and departed from the tem-
ple: and his disciples came to him for to shew
him the buildings of the temple.
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2 And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all
these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not
be left here one stone upon another, that shail not
be thrown down.
3 Then let them which be in Judea flee into the
mountains:
4 Let him which is on the housetop not come
down to take any thing out of his house:
5 Neither let him which is in the field return
back to take his clothes.
6 And woe unto them that are with child, and
to them that give suck in those days!
7 But pray ye that your flight be not in the
winter, neither on the sabbath day:
8 For then shall be great tribulation, such as
was not since the beginning of the world to this
time, no, nor ever shall be.
9 § Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When
his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves,
ye know that summer is nigh:
10 So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these
things, know that it is near even at the doors.
11 {| But of that day and hour knoweth no man,
no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
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12 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the
coming of the Son of man be.
13 For as in the days that were before the flood
they were eating and drinking, marrying and giv-
ing in marriage until the day that Noe entered into
the ark,
14 And knew not until the flood came, and took
them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son
of man be.
15 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall
be taken, and the other left.
16 ‘Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the
one shall be taken, and the other left.
17 Watch therefore: for ye know net what
hour your Lord doth come.
18 But know this, that if the goodman of the
house had known in what watch the thief would
come, he would have watched, and would not have
suffered his house to be broken up.
19 Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an
hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.
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LVI.
The Faithful and Wise Servant.
HO then is a faithful and wise servant, whom
his lord hath made ruler over his household,
to give them meat in due season? \
2 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when
he cometh shall find so doing.
3 Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him
ruler over all his goods.
4 But and if that evil servant shall say in his
heart, My lord delayeth his coming;
5 And shall begin to smite his fellow-servants,
and to eat and drink with the drunken; a
6 The lord of that servant shall come in a day
when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he
is not aware of,
7 And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him
his portion with the hypocrites : there shall be weep-
ing and gnashing of teeth.
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LVII.
Parable of the Ten Virgins.
HEN shall the kingdom of heaven be likened
unto ten virgins, which took their lamps,
and went forth to meet the bridegroom.
2 And five of them were wise, and five were
foolish.
3 They that were foolish took their lamps, and
took no oil with them:
4 But the wise took oil in their vessels with
their lamps.
5 While the bridegroom tarried, they all slum-
bered and slept.
6 And at midnight there was a cry made, Be-
hold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet
him.
7 Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed
their lamps. .
8 And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us
of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.
9 But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest
there be not enough for us and you: but go ye
rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.
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10 And while they went to buy, the bridegroom
came; and they that were ready went in with him
to the marriage: and the door was shut.
11 Afterward came also the other virgins, say-
ing, Lord, Lord, open to us.
12 But he answered and said, Verily I say unto
you, I know you not.
18 Watch, therefore, for ye know neither the
day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.
ey Lit
Parable of the Talents.
OR the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling
into a far country, who called his own sery-
ants, and delivered unto them his goods.
2 And unto one he gave five talents, to another
two, and to another one; to every man according
to his several ability; and straightway took his
journey.
3 Then he that had received the five talents
went and traded with the same, and made them
other five talents.
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4 And likewise he that had received two, he also
gained other two.
5 But he that had received one went and
digged in the earth, and hid his lord’s money.
6 After a long time the lord of those servants
cometh, and reckoneth with them.
7 And so he that had received five talents came
and brought other five talents, saying, Lord, thou
deliveredst unto me five talents: behold, I have
gained beside them five talents more.
8 His lord said unto him, Well done, thow good
and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over
a few things, I will make thee ruler over many
things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
9 He also that had received two talents came
and said, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me two tal-
ents: behold, I have gained two other talents be-
side them. cs
10 His lord said unto him, Well done, good and
faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a
few things, I will make thee ruler over many
things; enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
11 Then he which had received the one talent
came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an
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hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and
gathering where thou hast not strawed:
12 And I was afraid, and went and hid thy
talent in the earth: lo, there thou hast that is
thine.
18 His lord answered and said unto him, Thou
wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I
reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have
not strawed:
14 Thou oughtest therefore to have put my
money to the exchangers, and then at my coming
I should have received mine own with usury.
15 Take therefore the talent from him, and
give it unto him which hath ten talents.
16 For unto every one that hath shall be given,
and he shall have abundance: but from him that
hath not shall be taken away even that which he
hath. ; /
17 And cast ye the unprofitable servant into
outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnash-
ing of teeth.
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LIX.
The Day of Judgment.
ND take heed to yourselves, lest at any time
your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting,
and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that
day come upon you unawares.
2 For asa snare shall it come on all them that
dwell on the face of the whole earth.
3 Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye
may be accounted worthy to escape all these
things that shall come to pass, and to stand before
the Son of man.
4. When the Son of man shall come in his
glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall
he sit upon the throne of his glory:
5 And before him shall be gathered all nations:
and he shall separate them one from another, as
a shepherd divideth lis sheep from the goats:
6 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand,
but the goats on the left.
7 Then shall the King say unto them on his
right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit
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the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation
of the world:
8 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat:
I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stran-
ger, and ye took me in:
9 Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye
visited me: I was, in prison, and ye came unto me.
10 Then shall the righteous answer him, say-
ing, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed
thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?
_ 11 When saw we thee a stranger, and took
thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?
12 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and
came unto thee?
138 And the King shall answer and say unto
them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have
done it unto one of the least of these my brethren,
ye have done i¢ unto me.
14 Then shall he say also unto them on the left
hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting
fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
15 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no
meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:
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16 I was a stranger, and ye took me not in:
naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison,
and ye visited me not.
17 Then shall they also answer him, saying,
Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst,
or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and
did not minister unto thee?
18 Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily,
I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one
of the least of these, ye did it not to me.
19 And these shall go away into everlasting
punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
LX.
A Woman Anointeth Him.
FTER two days was the feast of the passover,
and of unleavened bread: and the chief
priests and the scribes sought how they might
take him by craft, and put Jum to death.
2 But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there
be an uproar of the people.
3 § And being in Bethany in the house of
Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a
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woman having an alabaster box of ointment of
spikenard very precious; and she brake the box,
and poured it on his head.
4 And there were some that had indignation
within themselves, and said, Why was this waste
of the ointment made?
5 For it might have been sold for more than:
three hundred pence, and have been given to the
poor. And they murmured against her.
6 And Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble
ye her? she hath wrought a good work on me.
7 For ye have the poor with you always, and
whensoever ye will ye may do them good: but me
ye have not always.
8 She hath done what she could: she is come
aforehand to anoint my body to the burying.
LXI.
Judas Undertakes to Point Out Jesus.
HEN one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot,
went unto the chief priests,
2 And said wito them, What will ye give me,
and I will deliver him unto you? And they cove-
nanted with him for thirty pieces of silver.
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3 And from that time he sought opportunity to
betray him.
LXII.
Precepts to His Disciples, Washes their Feet, Trouble of Mind
and Prayer.
OW the first day of the feast of unleavened
bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying
unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare for
thee to eat the passover?
2 And he said, Go into the city to such a man,
and say unto him, The Master saith, My time is at
hand; I will keep the passover at thy house with
my disciples.
3 And the disciples did as Jesus had appointed
them; and they made ready the passover.
4 Now when the even was come, he sat down
with the twelve.
5 And there was also a strife among them,
which of them should be accounted the greatest.
6 And he said unto them, The kings of the Gen-
tiles exercised lordship over them; and they that
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exercise authority upon them are called benefac-
tors.
7 But ye shall not beso: but he that is greatest
among you, let him be as the younger; and he that
is chief, as he that doth serve.
8 For whether is greater, he that sitteth at
meat, or he that serveth? is not he that sitteth at
meat? but I am among you as he that serveth.
9 And supper being ended, the devil having
now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s
son, to betray him;
10 He riseth from supper, and laid aside his
garments; and took a towel, and girded himself.
11 After that he poureth water into a bason,
and began to wash the disciples’ feet, and to wipe
them with the towel wherewith he was girded.
12 Then cometh he to Simon Peter; and Peter
saith unto him, Lord, dost thou wash my feet?
13 Jesus answered and said unto him, What I
do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know
hereafter.
14 Peter saith unto him, Thou shalt never wash
my feet. Jesus answered him, If I wash thee not,
thou hast no part with me.
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15 Simon Peter saith unto him, Lord, not my
feet only, but also my hands and my head.
16 Jesus saith to Him, He that is washed need-
eth not save to wash his feet, but is clean every
whit: and ye are clean, but not all.
17 For he knew who should betray him; there-
fore said he, Ye are not all clean.
18 So after he had washed their feet, and had
taken his garments, and was set down again, he
said unto them, Know ye what I have done to you?
19 Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say
well; for soI am.
20 IfI then, your Lord and Master, have washed
your feet; ye also ought to wash one another’s feet.
21 For I have given you an example, that ye
should do as I have done to you.
22 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant
is not greater than his lord; neither he that is sent
greater than he that sent him.
23 If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye
do them.
24 When Jesus had thus said, he was troubled
in spirit, and testified, and said, Verily, verily, I
say unto you, that one of you shall betray me.
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25 Then the disciples looked one on another,
doubting of whom he spake.
26 Now there was leaning on Jesus’ bosom one
of his disciples whom Jesus loved.
27 Simon Peter therefore beckoned to him,
that he should ask who it should be of whom he
spake.
28 He then lying on Jesus’ breast saith unto
him, Lord, who is it?
29 Jesus answered, He it is, to whom I shall
give a sop, when I have dipped it. And when he
had dipped the sop, he gave it to Judas Iscariot,
the son of Simon.
30 { Therefore, when he was gone out, Jesus
said, Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is
glorified in him.
31 A new commandment I give unto you, That
ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye
also love one another.
32 By this shall all men know that ye are my
disciples, if ye have love one to another.
33 Then said Jesus unto them, All ye shall be
offended because of me this night: for it is writ-
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ten, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the
flock shall be scattered abroad.
34 Peter answered and said unto him, Though
all men shall be offended because of thee, yet will
I never be offended.
35 And he said unto him, Lord, I am ready to
go with thee, both into prison, and to death.
36 And he said, I tell thee, Peter, the cock
shall not crow this day, before that thou shalt
thrice deny that thou knowest me.
37 Peter said unto him, Though I should die
with thee, yet will I not deny thee. Likewise also
said all the disciples.
38 J Then cometh Jesus with them unto a
place called Gethsemane, and said unto the dis-
ciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder.
39 And he took with him Peter and the two
sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and
very heavy.
40 Then saith be unto them, My soul is exceed-
ing sofrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and
watch with me.
41 And he went a little farther, and fell on his
face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be pos-
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sible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not
as I will, but as thou wilt.
42 And he cometh unto the disciples, and find-
eth them asleep, and saith unto Peter, What, could
ye not watch with me one hour?
43 Watch and pray, that ye enter not into
temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the
flesh is weak.
44 He went away again the second time, and
prayed, saying, O my Father, if this cup may not
pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be
done.
45 And he came and found them asleep again:
for their eyes were heavy.
46 And he left them, and went away again,
and prayed the third time, saying the same words.
47 Then cometh he to his disciples, and saith
unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: be-
hold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of man is
betrayed into the hands of sinners.
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LXIII.
Judas Conducts the Officers to Jesus.
HEN Jesus had spoken these words, he went
forth with his disciples over the brook Ce-
dron, where was a garden, into the which he en-
tered, and his disziples.
2 And Judas also, which betrayed him, knew
the place: for Jesus ofttimes resorted thither with
his disciples.
3 Judas then, having received a band of men
and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees,
cometh thither with lanterns and torches and
weapons. .
4 Now he that betrayed him gave them a sign,
saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he:
hold him fast.
5 And forthwith he came to Jesus, and said,
Hail, master; and kissed him.
6 And Jesus said unto him, Friend, wherefore
art thou come? Then came they, and laid hands on
Jesus, and took him.
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LXIV.
He is Arrested and Carried Before Caiaphas, the High Priest and
is Condemned.
ESUS therefore, knowing all things that should
come upon him, went forth, and said unto
them, Whom seek ye?
2 They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth.
Jesus saith unto them, Iam he. And Judas also,
which betrayed him, stood with them.
3 As soon then as he had said unto them, I am
he, they went backward, and fell to the ground.
4 Then asked he them again, Whom seek ye?
And they said, Jesus of Nazareth.
5 Jesus answered, I have told you that I am
he; if therefore ye seek me, let these go their way:
6 And Jesus said unto him, Friend, wherefore
art thou come? Then came they, and laid hands
on Jesus, and took him.
7 And, behold, one of them which were with
Jesus stretched out his hand, and drew his sword,
and struck a servant of the high priest’s, and
smote off his ear. |
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8 Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy
sword into his place: for all they that take the
sword shall perish with the sword.
9 In that same hour said Jesus to the multi-
tudes, Are ye come out as against a thief with
swords and staves for to take me? I sat daily
with you teaching in the temple, and ye laid no
hold on me.
10 But all this was done, that the scriptures of
the prophets might be fulfilled. Then all the dis-
ciples forsook him, and fied.
11 And there followed him a certain young man,
having a linen cloth cast about his naked body; and
the young men laid hold on him:
12 And he left the linen cloth, and fled from
them naked.
13 § And they that had laid hold on Jesus led
him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the
scribes and the elders were assembled.
14 And Simon Peter followed Jesus, and so
did another-disciple: that disciple was known unto
the high priest, and went in with Jesus into the pal-
ace of the high priest.
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15 But Peter stood at the door without. Then
went out that other disciple, which was known unto
the high priest, and spake unto her that kept the
door, and brought in Peter.
16 Then saith the damsel that kept the door, un-
to Peter, Art not thou also one of this man’s disci-
ples? He saith, I am not.
17 And the servants and officers stood there,
who had made a fire of coals; for it was cold: and
they warmed themselves: and Peter stood with
them, and warmed himself.
18 { And Simon Peter stood and warmed him-
self. They said therefore unto him, Art not thou
also one of his disciples? He denied it, and said,
I am not.
19 One of the servants of the high priest, being
his kinsman whose ear Peter cut off, saith, Did not
I see thee in the garden with him?
20 Peter then denied again: and immediately
the cock crew.
21 And Peter remembered the word of Jesus,
which said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou
Shalt deny me thrice. And he went out, and wept
bitterly.
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22 § The high priest then asked Jesus of his
disciples, and of his doctrine.
23 Jesus answered him, I spake openly to the
world; I ever taught in the synagogue, and in the
temple, whither the Jews always resort; and in
secret have I said nothing.
24 Why askest thou me? ask them which heard
~ me, what I have said unto them: behold, they know
what I said.
25 And when he had thus spoken, one of the offi-
cers which stood by struck Jesus with the palm of
his hand, saying, Answerest thou the high priest so?
26 Jesus answered him, If I have spoken evil,
bear witness of the evil; but if well, why smitest
thou me?
27 And the chief priests and all the council
sought for witness against Jesus to put him to
death ; and found none.
28 For many bare false witness against him,
but their witness agreed not together.
29 And there arose certain, and bare false wit-
ness against him, saying,
30 We heard him say, I will destroy this temple
that is made with hands, and within three days |
will build another made without hands.
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31 But neither so did their witness agree to-
gether.
32 And the high priest stood up in the midst,
and asked Jesus, saying, Answerest thou nothing?
what is it which these witness against thee?
33 But he held his peace, and answered nothing.
Again the high priest asked him, and said unto
him, Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?
34 Art thou the Christ? tell us. And he said
unto them, If I tell you, ye will not believe:
35 And if I also ask you, ye will not answer me,
nor let me go.
36 Then said they all, Art thou then the Son of
God? And he said unto them, Ye say that I am.
37 Then the high priest rent his clothes, and
saith, What need we any further witnesses?
38 Ye have heard the blasphemy : what think ye?
And they all condemned him to be guilty of death.
39 And some began to spit on him, and to cover
his face, and to buffet him, and to say unto him,
Prophesy : and the servants did strike him with the
palms of their hands.
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LXV.
Is then Carried to Pilate. ;
HEN led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the
hall of judgment: and it was early; and they
themselves went not into the judgment hall, lest
they should be defiled; but that they might eat the
passover.
2 Pilate then went out unto them, and said,
What accusation bring ye against this man?
3 They answered and said unto him, If he were
not a malefactor, we would not have delivered him
up unto thee.
4 Then said Pilate unto them, Take ye him, and
judge him according to your law. The Jews there-
fore said unto him, It is not lawful for us to put
any man to death.
5 Then Pilate entered into the judgment hall
again, and called Jesus, and said unto him, Art
thou the King of the Jews?
6 Jesus answered him, Sayest thou this thing of
thyself, or did others tell it thee of me?
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7 Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? Thine own
nation and the chief priests have delivered thee
unto me: what hast thou done?
8 Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this
world; if my kingdom were of this world, then
would my servants fight, that I should not be de-
livered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not
from hence.
9 Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a
king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I
am aking. To this end was I born, and for this
cause came I into the world, that I should bear
witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the
truth heareth my voice. .
10 Pilate saith unto him, What is truth? And
when he had said this, he went out again unto the
Jews, and saith unto them, I find in him no fault at
all.
11 And they were the more fierce, saying, He
stirreth up the people, teaching throughout all
Jewry, beginning from Galilee to this place
12 Then said Pilate unto him, Hearest thou
not how many things they witness against thee?
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LXVI.
Who Sends Him to Herod.
HEN Pilate heard. of Galilee, he asked
whether the man were a Galilean.
2 And as soon as he knew that he belonged unto
Herod’s jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who
himself also was at Jerusalem at that time.
3 { And when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceed-
ing glad: for he was desirous to see him of a long
season, because he had heard many things of him;
and he hoped to have seen some miracle done by
him.
4 Then he questioned with him in many words;
but he answered him nothing.
5 And the chief priests and scribes stood and
vehemently accused him.
6 And Herod with his men of war set him at
naught, and mocked him, and arrayed him in a gor-
geous robe, and sent him again to Pilate.
7 And the same day Pilate and Herod were
made friends together: for before they were at
enmity between themselves.
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LXVII.
- Receives Him Back, Scourges and Delivers Him to Execution.
AXP Pilate, when he had called together the
chief priests and the rulers and the people,
2 Said unto them, Ye have brought this man
unto me, as one that perverteth the people: and, be-
hold, I, having examined him before you, have found
no fault in this man touching those things whereof
ye accuse him:
3 No, nor yet Herod: for I sent you to him; and,
lo, nothing worthy of death is done unto him.
4 I will therefore chastise him, and release him.
5 ff Now at that feast the governor was wont to
release unto the people a prisoner, whom they
would.
6 And they had then a notable prisoner, called
Barabbas.
7 Therefore when, they were gathered together,
Pilate said unto them, Whom will ye that I release
unto you? Barabbas, or Jesus which is called
Christ?
8 For he knew that for envy they had delivered
him.
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9 { When he was set down on the judgment
seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have thou
nothing to do with that just man: for I have suf-
fered many things this day in a dream because of
him.
10 But the chief priests and elders persuaded
the multitude that they should ask Barabbas, and
destroy Jesus.
11 The governor answered and said unto them,
Whether of the twain will ye that I release unto
you? They said, Barabbas.
12 Pilate saith unto them, What shall I do
then with Jesus which is called Christ? They all
say unto him, Let him be crucified.
18 And the governor said, Why, what evil
hath he done? But they cried out the more, say-
ing, Let him be crucified.
14 Then released he Barabbas unto them: and
when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered him to
be crucified.
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LXVIII.
His Crucifixion, Death, and Burial.
HEN the soldiers of the governor took Jesus
into the common hall, and gathered unto
him the whole band of soldiers.
2 And when they had platted a crown of
thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in
his right hand: and they bowed the knee before
him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the
Jews!
3 And they spit upon him, and took the reed
and smote him on the head.
4 And after that they had mocked him, they
took the robe off from him, and put his own rai-
ment on him, and led him away to crucify him.
5 § Then Judas, which had betrayed him,
when he saw that he was condemned, repented
himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of
silver to the chief priests and elders,
6 Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed
the innocent blood. And they said, What is that
to us? see thou fo that.
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7 And he cast down the pieces of silver in the
temple, and departed, and went and hanged him-
self.
8 And the chief priests took the silver pieces,
and said, It is not lawful for to put them into the
treasury, because it is the price of blood.
9 And they took counsel, and bought with
_ them the potter’s field, to bury strangers in.
10 Wherefore that field was called, The field of
blood, unto this day.
11 {§ And as they led him away, they laid hold
upon one Simon, a Cyrenian, coming out of the
country, and on him they laid the cross, that he
might bear it after Jesus.
12 And there followed him a great company of
people, and of women, which also bewailed and
lamented him.
138 But Jesus turning unto them said, Daugh-
ters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for
yourselves, and for your children.
14 For, behold, the days are coming, in the
which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and
the wombs that never bare, and the paps which
never gave suck.
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15 Then shall they begin to say to the moun-
tains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us.
16 For if they do these things in a green tree,
what shall be done in the dry?
17 §[ And there were also two other, malefac-
tors, led with him to be put to death.
18 And he bearing his cross went forth into a
place called the place of a skull, which is called in
the Hebrew, Golgotha:
19 Where they crucified him, and two other
with him, on either side one, and Jesus in the
midst.
20 And Pilate wrote a title, and put i on
the cross. And the writing was, JESUS OF NAZ-
ARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS.
21 This title then read many of the Jews: for
the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to
the city: and it was written in Hebrew, and Greek,
and, Latin.
22 Then said the chief priests of the Jews to
Pilate, Write not, The King of the Jews; but that
he said, I am King of the Jews.
23 Pilate answered, What I have written I
have written.
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24 | Then the soldiers, when they had crucified
Jesus, took his garments, and made four parts, to
every soldier a part; and also his coat: now the
coat was without seam, woven from the top
throughout.
25 They said therefore among themselves, Let
us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall
be: that the scripture might be fulfilled, which
saith, They parted my raiment among them, and
for my vesture they did cast lots. These things
therefore the soldiers did.
26 { And they that passed by reviled him,
wagging their heads,
27 And saying, Thou that destroyest the tem- -
ple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself.
If thou be the Son of God, come down from the
Cross.
28 Likewise also the.chief priests mocking him,
with the scribes and elders, said,
29 He saved others; himself he cannot save.
If he be the King of Israel, let him now come down
from the cross, aid we will believe him.
30 He trusted in God; let him deliver him now,
if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of
Ged.
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31 § And one of the malefactors which were
hanged railed on him, saying, If thou be Christ,
save thyself and us.
32 But the other answering rebuked him, say-
ing, Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the
same condemnation?
33 And we indeed justly; for we receive the
due reward of our deeds: but this man hath done
nothing amiss.
34 Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for
they know not what they do. And they parted
his raiment, and cast lots.
35 | Now there stood by the cross of Jesus
. his mother, and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife
of Clecphas, and Mary Magdalene.
36 When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and
the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith
unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son!
37 Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy
mother! And from that hour that disciple took |
her unto his own home.
38 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a
loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?
that is to say, My God, my God, ve hast thou
forsaken me?
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39 Some of them that stood there, when they
heard that, said, This man calleth for Elias.
40 And straightway one of them ran, and took
a spunge, and filled 7¢ with vinegar, and put it on
a reed, and gave him to drink.
41 The rest said, Let be, let us see whether
. Elias will come to save him.
42 { Jesus, when he had cried again with a
loud voice, yielded up the ghost.
43 And many women were there beholding
afar off, which followed Jesus'from Galilee, min-
istering unto him:
44 Among which was Mary Magdalene, and
Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the
mother of Zebedee’s children.
LXIX.
His Burial.
HE Jews therefore, because it was the prepara-
tion, that the bodies should not remain upon
the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath
day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their
legs might be broken, and that they might be taken
away.
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2 Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs
of the first, and of the other which was crucified
with him.
3 But when they came to Jesus, and saw that
he was dead already, they brake not his legs:
4 But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced
his side, and forthwith came there out blood and
water.
5 § And after this Joseph of Arimathaea, be-
ing a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the
Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the
body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He
came therefore, and took the body of Jesus.
6 And there came also Nicodemus, which at
the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a
mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred
pound weight.
7 Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound
it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of
the Jews is to bury.
8 Now in the place where he was crucified
there was a garden; and in the garden a new
sepulchre, wherein never man yet laid.
9 There laid they Jesus: and rolled a great
stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed.
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